ABC, By Chrissy Arthur, 12/12/2013
The weather bureau says it is looking likely that some western Queensland centres will look back on 2013 as being the driest on record. Cameron Hinze from the Mount Isa bureau says with only a few weeks to go until the end of the year, there are areas lagging way behind in rainfall totals for the year. He says Mount Isa city has had only 61 millimetres of rain for the year - 100mm behind 1970. "So I can't really see that happening before the end of the year, so I think we can pretty much say this is the driest year on record for Mount Isa," he said.
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