While last year was officially Australia's warmest and driest year on record, 2019 set a number of other weather records you may not have expected.
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After 2018 saw the months of April and May set new local high temperature records, data from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology shows last year Bega set new low temperature, wind gust speed and low rainfall records.
The town's lowest ever recorded temperature was seen on August 24 last year when the mercury hit just -4.7 degrees, while December 3 saw the town's lowest recorded December temperature of 1.9 degrees.
The August record was recorded at around 6.30pm, which was 7.8 degrees below average, and the same month also saw just one millimeter of rain fall, the lowest amount ever recorded for that month.
August and October both saw maximum wind gust speed records set, with both records of 98 km/h and 89 km/h being set during the region's extended bushfire season.
Wild weather, including cyclone-strength wind gusts across the region in the lead up to the August 24 record saw Rural Fire Service crews called to several fires, including a grassfire at Wolumla, caused by falling powerlines.
Other fires were reported at Bermagui, Yowrie and north west of Nerrigundah, which the RFS said at the time had started due to "an old burn".
The October 26 record saw State Emergency Service workers from Bega, Bermagui and Eden units called to 10 requests for help due to the extreme winds across the region.
Ten monthly wind speed monthly records have now been set over the last decade, with seven in the last five years and four since just 2018.
The bureau is predicting the likelihood of a wetter or drier than average February to April will be "roughly equal" for much of Australia, with rainfall this week likely to be above average across some parts of NSW currently affected by bushfire and drought.
It is also predicting both daytime and overnight temperatures for the same period are likely to be above average across almost all of Australia.
The bureau said with major climate drivers currently neutral, local or short-term climate drivers, such as sea surface temperatures, and active or break periods of the annual monsoon, will be likely to have more of an influence on national rainfall and temperature patterns.
