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l think its pretty general.As a Uk farmer I am totally convinced the climate has changed over my lifetime. 40 years ago we would never even consider needing to irrigate for example yet now it would be a mistake not to think it is almost a must. This is on fruit and veg.
We did have one off events such as the summer of 1976 that always gets used as a reference point whenever the sun comes out. We did have a few very prolonged wet times in the 80s that get less comment but we’re quite a thing for us at the time. These things are also quite often local events even in our small isle, I’ve had plenty of rain for now but others are still dry. Just as I read of people having a bad time of wet weather when I haven’t had any rain just 50 miles away.
Are you guys in Australia seeing a big change in trends or are you a country of extremes anyway so hard to see any trend.
of course as we aren’t here for long we don’t really see trends on any real scale, it’s all been an improvement since the last ice age so far.
and for certain, springs that ran in 76, aint running now