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A cloudy 65-70F day in mid summer would be just plain depressing. Wouldn't be bothered with a BBQ, but it's ideal for sport. Such days are common in southern Victoria, especially the SW coast.
A typical summer month in one of mainland Australia's worst climates, Portland Victoria. Note all the sub 20C days
And this past December Portland, Vic - December 2010 - Daily Weather Observations (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201012/html/IDCJDW3068.201012.shtml - broken link)
Well, it's nice not having to wear sun screen, at least.
I'm surprised at how cool a lot of south coast Australian climates are -- often significantly cooler than the same latitude in NZ. Because of cooler SSTs I guess?
^Do you have a map of the sunshine hours in January?
For those who want variety, a place like Kansas City would be a good option. Summers are bit hot for me, but winters seem pretty tolerable. But it's important to keep in mind of the arctic outbreaks that affect this part of the country. Next week might drop down to 4 F/-15.5 C, for example. All time record low is -19 F/-28.5 C.
Only a Feb map of sunshine hours: It looks like most of the KC area gets 160 hrs of sunshine, which would be much better than what you would get in the often cloudy/cool/miserable oceanic climates like New Zealand/and Pacific Northwest:
Well, it's nice not having to wear sun screen, at least.
I'm surprised at how cool a lot of south coast Australian climates are -- often significantly cooler than the same latitude in NZ. Because of cooler SSTs I guess?
Basically it's because there is uninterrupted open ocean to the south, and one of the coldest in the world to boot, and the first landfall storms, fronts, and those infamous bloody "cool changes" is the southern Australian coast, straight off the frigid waters. Recipe for disaster. SSTs off the immediate coast are around 17-18C (cold by anyone's measure), with much colder water with temps below 15C lying just south of S 40 latitude. Even places at subtropical latitudes, e.g. Nullabour and Ceduna (around 31° south) have several summer days when it barely gets above 20C. This is at 31.45 lat: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201012/html/IDCJDW5048.201012.shtml (broken link)
The east coast of NZ has the advantage of a bit of land between them and cold fronts, so that probably helps.
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Basically it's because there is uninterrupted open ocean to the south, and one of the coldest in the world to boot, and the first landfall storms, fronts, and those infamous bloody "cool changes" is the southern Australian coast, straight off the frigid waters. Recipe for disaster. SSTs off the immediate coast are around 17-18C (cold by anyone's measure), with much colder water with temps below 15C lying just south of S 40 latitude. Even places at subtropical latitudes, e.g. Nullabour and Ceduna (around 31° south) have several summer days when it barely gets above 20C. This is at 31.45 lat: Nullarbor, SA - December 2010 - Daily Weather Observations (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201012/html/IDCJDW5048.201012.shtml - broken link)
The east coast of NZ has the advantage of a bit of land between them and cold fronts, so that probably helps.
1C in Mildura, sure that's right?
Currently record low for Jan is 7.6C, so if it really was 1C then that'd be pretty crazy!
Well, it got down to 3 C there a year ago, so it's not that hard to believe: Portland, Vic - January 2010 - Daily Weather Observations (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/201001/html/IDCJDW3068.201001.shtml - broken link)
It is pretty incredible for it to get so cold in mid-summer at a relatively low latitude though.
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Yellowknife's a subarctic/continental climate has its average July high/low of 21.1C/12.4 and its January one -22.7C/-30.9C.
