The latest Australian Actuaries Climate Index results have just been released and indicate conditions are ripening for a return of destructive bushfire seasons in Australia, with a significant drop in recent extreme rainfall.    “More dry weather along with the record amounts of vegetation growth from three years of consistent wet weather means the conditions are primed for potentially high bushfire risk in the summers ahead. Whether that starts in early 2024 or 2025 is unknown… All the ingredients are there.” Rade Musulin, lead collator of the AACI.   The Index, which measures the frequency of extreme weather against a base period (1981-2010), recorded its 31st consecutive positive index value in Autumn 2023. This was driven by a combination of an increase in extreme high temperatures and above average maximum sea levels, offset somewhat by a decrease in extreme rainfall, recorded during March, April and May.   While the AACI shows signs of the cyclical weather pattern changing from La Niña into a possible El Niño, it also provides a strong signal that the underlying Australian climate has changed. Read the latest Actuaries Digital article on the AACI: https://lnkd.in/gP2xd5YC   Read the media release on the AACI’s findings: https://lnkd.in/g7e3cCZS   #actuaries #AACI #bushfire #elnino #heatwave #climatechange