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That's silly. NZ is more benign in temperature terms than the typical location in the southern oceans at its latitude. Thanks your stars our islands are not in the southern Indian Ocean.
Amsterdam Island at 38S seems to have a relatively benign climate, although rather windy I imagine.
Still significantly cooler than Auckland or Tauranga. The differences increase as one heads further south. The Prince Edward Islands (46.46 S) are at Invercargill's latitude but are much colder, especially in summer.
Still significantly cooler than Auckland or Tauranga
Tauranga is at the same latitude and has about the same mean temp. The most annoying thing for me is seeing how much warmer and sunnier places the same distance from the equator are in Australia, Argentina, the US and the Mediterranean compared to the NZ equivalent. It really makes me feel cheated by fate.
Tauranga is at the same latitude and has about the same mean temp. The most annoying thing for me is seeing how much warmer and sunnier places the same distance from the equator are in Australia, Argentina, the US and the Mediterranean compared to the NZ equivalent. It really makes me feel cheated by fate.
It could be worse.. you could be in Vladivostok which is also 43 degrees from the equator. Now, they really have something to complain about as far as temperatures... mildish summers and frigid winters...
It could be worse.. you could be in Vladivostok which is also 43 degrees from the equator. Now, they really have something to complain about as far as temperatures... mildish summers and frigid winters...
Yes, the Russian Far East is certainly amazingly cold for the latitude. I guess the continental influence of arctic regions to the north and arctic ocean currents are the reasons for this.
Tauranga is at the same latitude and has about the same mean temp. The most annoying thing for me is seeing how much warmer and sunnier places the same distance from the equator are in Australia, Argentina, the US and the Mediterranean compared to the NZ equivalent. It really makes me feel cheated by fate.
"About" here means a little higher. And if you consider Christchurch - where you are - I'd like to see your Australian latitudinal equivalent. And to Tauranga, for that matter.
PS - you have a bad case of "continent envy". Perhaps you should also consider air clarity in your assessments. What I've seen in Europe, the US and parts of Australia and South America has left me very unimpressed at times. And please don't quote flatland Ch'ch as a local exception.
"About" here means a little higher. And if you consider Christchurch - where you are - I'd like to see your Australian latitudinal equivalent. And to Tauranga, for that matter.
PS - you have a bad case of "continent envy". Perhaps you should also consider air clarity in your assessments. What I've seen in Europe, the US and parts of Australia and South America has left me very unimpressed at times. And please don't quote flatland Ch'ch as a local exception.
Tasmania doesn't compare favourably with Christchurch, but if you look at places of the same distance from the equator in the Mediterranean region (Marseille, Pisa, etc.) the comparison is downright embarassing for ChCh. In South America Chile compares very poorly (due to the Humboldt current?) but Argentina is far warmer (e.g., Trelew).
Tasmania doesn't compare favourably with Christchurch, but if you look at places of the same distance from the equator in the Mediterranean region (Marseille, Pisa, etc.) the comparison is downright embarassing for ChCh. In South America Chile compares very poorly (due to the Humboldt current?) but Argentina is far warmer (e.g., Trelew).
Large, subtropical desert landmass to the north..... higher temps occur, and more often, in Melbourne than in Tauranga. But Maybe Tauranga is warmer during S/SW winds as they have a bit of land to the south, whereas for Melbourne it's open cold ocean
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