2006 Driest Year On Record For Hobart, Tasmania - ABC

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There is evidence Hobart has experienced its driest year on record.

The private forecaster, Weatherzone, says the city received 343 millimetres of rain this year, a little more than half the average of 619 millimetres.

Hobart's driest year previously was 1976, when 390 millimetres was recorded.

Weatherzone meteorologist Matt Pearce says the El Nino weather pattern in the second half of the year is largely responsible for the low rainfall in Australia's south-east. But he says there is also a strong case for arguing it is representative of global climate change.

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