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Old 03-16-2012, 08:18 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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It seems a bit much; I have a friend who lived in Colorado for a few years who said the winters are mild and sunny. My image of Denver isn't cold and snowbound; I think it's a mismatch. And until looking up weather stats, I assume Denver wasn't very snowy since it's semi-arid and the Plains in general has dry winters.
On the weather forecast Denver always seems to get really cold. January stats would confirm it is certainly not 'mild' in winter.
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Old 03-16-2012, 08:23 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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Well, for some reason, I have noticed Denver being portrayed in winter mode sometimes (eg. in a travel guide sometimes I will see the city of Denver shown in a photo while snow is on the ground -- maybe to fit the Rockies/"Mile High City" image).
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Old 03-16-2012, 08:27 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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Or maybe it was just coincidence that the ones (travel books) I picked up in the past when I was young and looked at showed Denver in winter, and nothing more than that (sometimes the first time you see a photo of a city, especially when young, it may give you first impressions).
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Old 03-16-2012, 08:40 PM
 
Location: The Valley Of The Sun just east of Canberra
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Denver is subject to a chinook wind off the Rockies, making for some very warm winter days at times and bumping up the average. For this reason snow doesn't tend to stick around, of course it's a different story in the true Rocky Mountains towns such as Dillon, Fraser and Aspen.
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Old 03-16-2012, 08:46 PM
 
Location: Newcastle NSW Australia
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Internationally, Australia is the land of eternal sunshine and heat. Whilst this isn't entirely true, warmth dominates for the majority of the year in most places. Even "cool" cities such as Canberra, Melbourne and Hobart are warm on a global scale, and cold stereotypes associated with these cities are only known within Australia and purported by Australians. Our major weather events are all warm weather types (heatwaves, cyclones, bushfires, floods and drought).

Therefore, all Australian cities (most definitely Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Darwin) are synonymous with summer. The only places synonymous with winter are the ski resorts, which aren't internationally known by any stretch.
Darwin is probably more associated with winter, or the ""Dry Season"", even if there is no real winter to speak of.
Most people that go there, go there when it is not so hot and humid - ie May-Sept, as well as the fact that the roads become impassable during the wet season to the nearby wetlands and national parks.
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Old 03-16-2012, 09:07 PM
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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On the weather forecast Denver always seems to get really cold. January stats would confirm it is certainly not 'mild' in winter.
Depends on your perspective. Compared to much of New England and upstate NY, it's mild. And looking at the daily highs, it's warmer than anywhere in the Northeast US in January.

It gets some severe cold snaps, but the high number of mild 50+ °F days make it feel mild and give an impression of a break from winter. The high sunshine also helps; a lot of our milder winter days get cloud.
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Old 03-16-2012, 09:19 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Darwin is probably more associated with winter, or the ""Dry Season"", even if there is no real winter to speak of.
Most people that go there, go there when it is not so hot and humid - ie May-Sept, as well as the fact that the roads become impassable during the wet season to the nearby wetlands and national parks.
I actually associate with Darwin with the monsoon - spectacular lightning shows, tropical storms. But yes, most people who visit Darwin do so in the dry. Like Tojo in the Hoodoo Guru's song, I never quite made it to Darwin lol. Katherine was as close as I got. And boy was it hot for September (one day was 24-39C).
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Old 03-16-2012, 09:25 PM
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I think my town is associated with fall; and the surrounding countryside gets fall foliage tourism. Cool to mild crisp clear days. New England is often associated with harsh winters, but that's more Northern New England. Some local photos...

Mid-October just before the leaves change:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/351_590932359655_9009_n.jpg (broken link)

A few weeks later:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/377_594468458285_408154_37492126_9810_n.jpg (broken link)

Some pretty fall leaves:



Snow?! That doesn't belong in fall!
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Old 03-16-2012, 10:08 PM
 
Location: Valdez, Alaska
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January stats would confirm it is certainly not 'mild' in winter.
Their average high in January is 47F. Daytime highs like that don't really even qualify as winter temps to me. Of course, the average low is 16F, but that's a continental climate for you. If every day was average they'd basically get a break from winter every afternoon. I'd think they'd have a lot of icy mornings, though.
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Old 03-16-2012, 10:14 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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Their average high in January is 47F. Daytime highs like that don't really even qualify as winter temps to me. Of course, the average low is 16F, but that's a continental climate for you. If every day was average they'd basically get a break from winter every afternoon. I'd think they'd have a lot of icy mornings, though.
Anything below freezing is more than enough winter for me. Perth basically never gets below freezing.
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