Rate the Climate - Charlotte Pass, NSW, Australia (record, temp, 2015)

[Stumbler.]

It must be pretty remarkable then to see the evergreen Eucalyptus foliage existing in the average winter temperatures that in North America, would be sporting all those colourful autumn foliage for leaf-peepers, like parts of New England and the Northeast US.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

A

Comfortable year-round and ample precipiation. I presume it's not overly sunny.

I spent a few winters ( 8 months a year)at nearby ski resorts, and found the area pleasantly sunny a lot of the time. I would guess 2200-2500 hours.

It gets a D from me, as it is too cold in all months. That said, I found that it wasn't as bad as it looks on paper.

The snow gums are cool. What the Australian Alps lack in alpine grandeur, they make up for with nice scenery and lots of nice weather.

[Dreamnine]

C

[Flight Simmer]

D-. Cold year round like a subarctic island but I'm guessing it's sunnier. Interesting to note the rather mild winter temps despite its elevation and being a mountain top rather than a high elevation plain... so with that and sunshine in mind, I'll refrain from giving it an F.

[nei]

This US mountain is at a similar elevation and latitude to Charlotte Pass:

Mount Mitchell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Winters slightly colder, summer warmer

[Weatherfan2]

Eww. It's not even like it's all that high up... yet so cold. Yuck.

[Flight Simmer]

^^ It's no colder in summer than Fuxton Many places in North America and Asia at the same latitude and elevation would have much crapper winters.

[Weatherfan2]

Originally Posted by Flight Simmer

^^ It's no colder in summer than Fuxton

Loads colder, our July/Aug avgs are 18.5 avg high and 11 avg low, quite a bit warmer than this hole. I would actually rate Buxton a higher grade than this given the year round temperatures and abominable summer min temps.

Originally Posted by Flight Simmer

Many places in North America and Asia at the same latitude and elevation would have much crapper winters.

At least they get real summers though (Denver manages an average high of 32°C in Jul - Aug) and winters often have decent max temps at 36°N.

Here's Sante Fe, New Mexico, the same distance from the equator and even higher in elevation than this Oz climate:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_F...Mexico#Climate

Hotter much?

[Flight Simmer]

Originally Posted by Weatherfan2

Loads colder, our July/Aug avgs are 18.5 avg high and 11 avg low, quite a bit warmer than this hole. I would actually rate Buxton a higher grade than this given the year round temperatures and abominable summer min temps.

only 1C cooler for the high... don't know I think I'd be willing to fore-go 5C off the summer low to avoid Buxton's horrific cloudiness, bleak cloudy BS is somewhat harder to take than cool temps. The Australian Alps are also prime spots for thunderstorms....

name one place on mainland Australia that records 20 hours of sun in an entire month and low 100's in the middle of summer. Fuxton fail

[Flight Simmer]

Originally Posted by Weatherfan2

Loads colder, our July/Aug avgs are 18.5 avg high and 11 avg low, quite a bit warmer than this hole. I would actually rate Buxton a higher grade than this given the year round temperatures and abominable summer min temps.




At least they get real summers though (Denver manages an average high of 32°C in Jul - Aug) and winters often have decent max temps at 36°N.

Here's Sante Fe, New Mexico, the same distance from the equator and even higher in elevation than this Oz climate:

Santa Fe, New Mexico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hotter much?

That's because it's a plateau, rather than a mountain top exposed to all the elements. Denver may manage 32C in summer, but it's a short summer and it's long winters are horse crap compared to Charlotte Pass. Even if they can manage 20-25C in winter, that -20 -30C is never far behind. I suspect their autumns and springs are more than capable of throwing up worse than even the highest elevations in Australia can manage.