The bar chart below shows the average rainfall for Australia by month for last year. The line shows the average rainfall for Australia by month for the last forty years.

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report describes a bar chart that displays the average

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for Australia for each

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year

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on a bimonthly basis. Meanwhile, the line curve illustrates the mean

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of Australia on a monthly basis for the past forty

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.

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, it is readily apparent that the average

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for Australia

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year

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was lower than the average for the past forty

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,

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it generally followed the same pattern. Average

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for the

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forty

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decreased from a peak at the beginning of the

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to lows in the months in the middle of the

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. Towards the end of the

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,

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gradually increased, reaching almost 60

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. For the past 40

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, the average total in January started at 80

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and gradually began to drop in February, reaching approximately 35

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in April. August, September, and October were particularly dry, accounting for around 5

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each, both for the

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and the

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40

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. In November and December, both lines representing the average for 40

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and the previous

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significantly increased, reaching roughly 50

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