Rate the Climate: Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia (hot, warmest, record)

[george960]

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Mount Isa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A very sunny, semi-arid climate. Average sunshine is about 3470 hours. The summers are very hot, with a record high of 45.9C/115F. The winters are generally warm, however they have seen a minimum as low as -2.9C/27F and a maximum as low as 9.4C/49F.

Even though the annual rainfall isn't very high Mount Isa does see a lot of thunderstorm activity with 40-50 thunderdays a year on average.

I rate it a C-. It is too hot and dry overall, but because there are plenty of storms in summer it is not that bad.

[ColdCanadian]

B

I'm pretty content with the climate in Mount Isa.
I dislike the supposed pollution levels around the area though.

Purely climate based, I'd rank Mount Isa just a notch below Perth.
Mount Isa usually has big day-to-night temperature swings and is probably more cyclone prone.

[theunbrainwashed]

D. Too dry for my liking. At these temps, I require plenty of rain

[sulkiercupid]

D+

A bit too warm throughout the year and rainfall is a bit on the low side.

[Patricius Maximus]

No winter, too hot, and too sunny. I give it a grade of F.

[dhdh]

B-


+
Great highs for most of the year
Good lows for (the warmest) half of the year
Fabulous sunshine
Summer storms

-
Too hot on Nov, Dec, Jan days
Too cold on Jun, Jul, Aug nights
Too dry
No coast

[Weatherfan2]

C, a bit boring and dry but gets a decent amount of storms.

[Trimac20]

A D for me. Mt. Isa is not a pretty place either.

[Joe90]

C. Too hot, dry, and sunny.

Summer rain and winter temps are good though.

[dunno what to put here]

I'll have to give this one an F. If temperatures in summer were cooler, like Melbourne, I'd rate it higher for sure.