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SYDNEY QUESTION: It's mostly been gorgeous here, and fantastic summer weather. Today, however, was pouring rain, and understandably the beaches were empty. Additionally, by 7pm, it gets too cold on the beaches, universally everywhere in Australia, it seems, regardless of how hot/nice it was during the day. Which begs a question, HOW MANY GOOD BEACH DAYS a year are there in Sydney? Am I just hitting a fantastic time with tons of european/asian tourists absolutely everywhere, beaches filled to the brim? Is it quite a bit different the rest of the year? What percentage of days out of a year, would you say would be 'good beach days'...i.e. packed beaches?
A packed beach is not a good beach day. Australians won't stop if they get to the beach and there are a dozen people there. Where I'm from you'd be pissed off if there was another person there.
I wouldn't say that "universally everywhere in Australia" the beaches get cold by 7pm. Places in Northern Queensland and Northern WA are still sultry and warm in the evening.
Cold must be a relative term. Sydney summers are not overly hot, although they can spike. The temperatures actually stay in a pretty tight range. One of the reasons that few people have air conditioning.
Most summer days are mid-20s with the odd storm in the afternoon and high teens in the evenings.
And you seemed to have picked a good time to visit, it's been rather mild for the past few weeks. Come here about a month earlier and you would have got the opportunity to experience a few high 30-40C heatwaves
Like BCC said from personal experience Sydney's summers should average at around the mid-20s if not for the periodic heatwaves and it regularly cools down to the higher teens at night. At winter it could get quite chilly at night (but probably not cold for North American standards) but once the sun's out during the day it always warms up to the mid-high teens.
And you seemed to have picked a good time to visit, it's been rather mild for the past few weeks. Come here about a month earlier and you would have got the opportunity to experience a few high 30-40C heatwaves
Like BCC said from personal experience Sydney's summers should average at around the mid-20s if not for the periodic heatwaves and it regularly cools down to the higher teens at night. At winter it could get quite chilly at night (but probably not cold for North American standards) but once the sun's out during the day it always warms up to the mid-high teens.
The inland suburbs get pretty cold at night, especially Campbelltown and Richmond. They regularly see lows of 0C - Even Melbourne CBD rarely dips that low. And North Americans would definitely feel the chill in these conditions (unless if they're from Alaska).
Sydney CBD lows are usually around 7C-10C. Very mild in comparison to the above. I don't think that they've ever recorded frost there.
The inland suburbs get pretty cold at night, especially Campbelltown and Richmond. They regularly see lows of 0C - Even Melbourne CBD rarely dips that low. And North Americans would definitely feel the chill in these conditions (unless if they're from Alaska).
Sydney CBD lows are usually around 7C-10C. Very mild in comparison to the above. I don't think that they've ever recorded frost there.
That is surprisingly cold. I did stay in the Cambelltown area on Dec. 31st....just couldnt find anything closer to the city on that night, for hotels.
Speaking of which, Canberra REALLY surprised me with how cold it was in the morning. I guess it doesn't take much to get inland a bit, and really experience more colder weather.
The New England town of Armidale and on occasion Canberra, can post lows of -7C, which by any standard is absolutely freezing.
Glen Innes near Armidale is even colder. Record low is -13c. People don't appreciate just how cold that part of Australia gets in the winter. They get snow all the way into Queensland.
That's true regarding Sydney. The eastern half of Sydney is rather mild but once you start moving west it starts to vary. Actually it might be interesting that the Blue Mountains region, just west of Sydney and about 80 kilometres from the CBD as the crow flies gets some snow every year or two.
And in summer the west gets hotter than the east too.
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