claim: The unusual heat was most noteworthy in Europe, which had its warmest April on record, and Australia, which had its second-warmest.
evidence: According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Australia's annual mean temperature for 2009 was 0.90 °C ( 1.62 °F ) above the 1961–90 average, making it the nation's second-warmest year since high-quality records began in 1910.