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How do we calculate risk?
How do we calculate risk?

Where does DAS get the information for Bushfire, Frost and Drought Risk?

Updated over a year ago

Bushfire Risk
Source: CSIRO.

Relative measure of the intensity of a potential bushfire on the property on a catastrophic fire weather day. No properties have a zero value as there is never no risk.

The index values are from highest (1) to lowest (0).


Frost Risk
Source: Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

The average (mean) frost days per year where the minimum temperature is <0 degrees Celsius.

The mean frost days per year is calculated over the period 1962 - 2021.

Drought Risk
Source: CSIRO.

Rainfall Deficit compares the rainfall of the previous month to all rainfall measures of that month since 1900. Deficit measures come as 1 in 10 or 1 in 20 years, meaning a deficit in monthly rainfall in a region occurs on average only every 10 or 20 years.

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