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Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1
Makes one wonder if the 1338mm - or indeed a yearly total of over 1000mm last experienced in 1967 - recorded in 1945 will ever be reached again. The closest in the past 20 years was 1995 with 904mm.
I see what you mean about it being a “summer” month Trimac.
Looking at the seven day forecast - no rain and temperatures in the mid to low twenties - sounds quite tiresome.
There's even an entire thread devoted to, on a local weather forum, trying to guess when Perth will finally be rid of its sunny, dry and warm weather:http://forum.weatherzone.com.au/ubbthreads.php/topics/978500/When_will_Perth_s_neverending_#Post978500
A thread like this serves to show how desperate (or bad for want of a better word) things are.
That's one of the reasons my sister moved back here, she likes Perth but found the continuous days of stable and sunny conditions too monotonous.
I hope for your sake something gives soon or later because if there's no good rains this winter then Perth's looking to be in serious trouble by next summer.
Dams are currently at 23% of capacity: http://www.watercorporation.com.au/D/dams_storage.cfm
The last decade or so has been EXCEPTIONALLY dry. I remember it being cloudier and wetter in the 90s (1996 was the last year Mundaring Weir overflowed, and it was a big news story) than now. You have to live here to appreciate it. April got less than 15mm, and so far May has been no better. This is the month before winter but it seriously feels like summer! I'm in T-shirt and shorts a lot of the time and I even swam at the beach the other day. The water temp was 23-24C and it felt WARMER than going to the beach on a typical summer's day when the differential between water and air is like 10C. It's nice if you like outdoor activities, but in practical terms there's good reason to complain about the weather, and not because someone dislikes excessive sunshine. Everyone will be affected and it won't be good...
Love the sunshine. I'll never complain about too many sunny days and lack of cloud, not after having lived in Vancouver where it's grey, grey and more @*#($%&! grey, even through much of most summers, along with incessant drizzle. I still comment on the lovely blue skies we get here.
I gave my city a C because of the extremes. The scorchers, the wind & the torrential downpours that can, and have, cause(d) much property damage. I've never had so many weather-related insurance claims in my entire life as I have had here in 12 years. Every fence has gone down, a garage door has been bent, cars dimpled, roof tiles blown off, rain has come pouring down interior walls .... way too much stress, work and cost.
And the winter cold, far colder than most people would believe, and in these poorly insulated houses, it feels colder. Besides, if it's going to be that cold, it may as well drop a few more degrees and give us some snow to play in to make it worth it.
Love the sunshine. I'll never complain about too many sunny days and lack of cloud, not after having lived in Vancouver where it's grey, grey and more @*#($%&! grey, even through much of most summers, along with incessant drizzle. I still comment on the lovely blue skies we get here.
I gave my city a C because of the extremes. The scorchers, the wind & the torrential downpours that can, and have, cause(d) much property damage. I've never had so many weather-related insurance claims in my entire life as I have had here in 12 years. Every fence has gone down, a garage door has been bent, cars dimpled, roof tiles blown off, rain has come pouring down interior walls .... way too much stress, work and cost.
And the winter cold, far colder than most people would believe, and in these poorly insulated houses, it feels colder. Besides, if it's going to be that cold, it may as well drop a few more degrees and give us some snow to play in to make it worth it.
Yeah no kidding... I live here and have to see it every day.. I hope one day I can go somewhere warm and sunny. Hardly seeing the sun for 9-10 months of the year really stinks
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Love the sunshine. I'll never complain about too many sunny days and lack of cloud, not after having lived in Vancouver where it's grey, grey and more @*#($%&! grey, even through much of most summers, along with incessant drizzle. I still comment on the lovely blue skies we get here.
I gave my city a C because of the extremes. The scorchers, the wind & the torrential downpours that can, and have, cause(d) much property damage. I've never had so many weather-related insurance claims in my entire life as I have had here in 12 years. Every fence has gone down, a garage door has been bent, cars dimpled, roof tiles blown off, rain has come pouring down interior walls .... way too much stress, work and cost.
And the winter cold, far colder than most people would believe, and in these poorly insulated houses, it feels colder. Besides, if it's going to be that cold, it may as well drop a few more degrees and give us some snow to play in to make it worth it.
I'm sure many like you don't mind the sunshine, but one reason I hate it is because of the water shortages, drought down in the Southwest (where it's just as bad) and the fact it makes everything look brown and withered. I think some of that variability is natural but it seems like it's a long-term trend that the climate here is become much more arid, and and with that more prone to extremes of weather.
Nah, I have to say the winter is certainly not underrated at all. Compared to even Bridgetown it doesn't often feel bone-chillingly cold, although it can feel a bit chilly in poorly insulated houses if you're not dressed property. The difference between Perth and Bridgetown or Adelaide is actually quite a bit more than I would predicted: while Perth often feel sub-tropical almost in the winter months, Adelaide or the Southwest of WA actually has something resembling a real winter. And to get snow with any regularity at all (I'm talking a few times a year) the average temperature would need to drop a good 8-9 degrees.
The last decade or so has been EXCEPTIONALLY dry. I remember it being cloudier and wetter in the 90s (1996 was the last year Mundaring Weir overflowed, and it was a big news story) than now. You have to live here to appreciate it. April got less than 15mm, and so far May has been no better. This is the month before winter but it seriously feels like summer! I'm in T-shirt and shorts a lot of the time and I even swam at the beach the other day. The water temp was 23-24C and it felt WARMER than going to the beach on a typical summer's day when the differential between water and air is like 10C. It's nice if you like outdoor activities, but in practical terms there's good reason to complain about the weather, and not because someone dislikes excessive sunshine. Everyone will be affected and it won't be good...
9.2 hours average for the year! It's a record, but that's sunnier than LA. The 65 raindays is almost half the average! Yeah sick of sunshine...
I'll say. 3341 hours of sun, that's around 840 hrs more than the record low set in 1965!
Looks like (judging by current models) a change in weather patterns soon as westerly lows starts marching northwards. No rain has fallen so far this month in the city and apparently daily maximums are running 3 degrees above average.
Tourists come and gush about how nice and sunny it is, but they don't realise in addition we are indeed in the middle of a 'drought', relative speaking. Last few years have been some of the driest on record. People need water, and with water scarcer than ever I hope the population doesn't grow too fast before we solve this problem.
Tourists come and gush about how nice and sunny it is, but they don't realise in addition we are indeed in the middle of a 'drought', relative speaking. Last few years have been some of the driest on record. People need water, and with water scarcer than ever I hope the population doesn't grow too fast before we solve this problem.
Australian population has grown faster than the development of any realistic technologies to deal with water supply issues.
Meanwhile though, I could stand many years of that climate and would never complain about seeing so much sunshine.
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