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.