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Nice and simple here: what climates, in your own country, would you give an "A" to? (includes A+/- and plain old A). I've also kept it to places which have a permanent population: no Mt. Wellingtons or Thredbo Top Stations. Thredbo Village has a permanent population of 477 according to Wikipedia. Likewise for Mount Buller: 251 permanent residents.
Here are mine, going state by state, territory by territory, in Australia (max 5 per state to keep it manageable):
As you can see, I prefer high altitude locations with mild summers and cold winters with the chance of snow. Coastal locations with very mild summers also make the grade, though they can see the occasional hot (30C+) day.
These coastal locations that are on the mainland get an A- as a result of the risk of heat, those in Tasmania get an A (in fact, Low Head/George Town has never got above 30C!).
High altitude locations such as Walcha, Oberon and Blackheath also get an A. The few hot days that occur here are made up for by winter snow days.
Armidale only gets an A- because snow is not an annual event, but the weather is excellent otherwise.
Only high altitude locations with frequent snow or winter snowpack get an A+, namely Thredbo Village, Mount Buller and Liawenee.
No coastal location in NSW, QLD or NT makes the grade due to high humidity levels in summer, though a few make it into the high B's such as on the far south coast of NSW (Ulladulla southwards).
For reference purposes, I rate Sydney a C: a so-so climate which is far from my ideal but there are a lot of places which are far worse, particularly in Australia.
Note: I'll exclude Macquarie Island here, though I probably wouldn't rate it an A anyway due to the constant wind. Even places like Mount Buller get a break from the bitter westerlies in summer due to latitude, not so at 54S.
Absolutely none... the highest grade a Canadian climate gets from me is D+ which would be the Southern Gulf Islands of BC.
Most Canadian climates are F to me.
Location: The Valley Of The Sun just east of Canberra
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Interesting that a cool climate lover can find some joy in a hot country (Australia), but not so for a heat lover in a cold country (Canada). I guess there is nowhere in Canada that is balmy year round; even hot summer climates like Kelowna and Osoyoos have chilly winters with snowfall.
Nowhere in Australia has continental style winters with temps below -10C though, so an extreme cold lover wouldn't find anything to their liking here.
Interesting that a cool climate lover can find some joy in a hot country (Australia), but not so for a heat lover in a cold country (Canada). I guess there is nowhere in Canada that is balmy year round; even hot summer climates like Kelowna and Osoyoos have chilly winters with snowfall.
Nowhere in Australia has continental style winters with temps below -10C though, so an extreme cold lover wouldn't find anything to their liking here.
Another reason why Australia will always be the "lucky country" to me.. you guys have some amazing (warm and balmy) climates there and even your "bad" climates are still far better than 90% of Canadian climates IMO
In NSW north of about Sydney to the Queensland border and slightly inland I would rate an A-. I don't think I'd give anywhere in Australia anything higher. Somewhere like Grafton or Taree sounds good, they get some great thunderstorms.
I gave Braemar, the coldest low-level town in the UK a B+
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