Townsville Weather forecast

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by Flight Simmer

The southern hemisphere tends to be milder due to the larger expanse of ocean, most noticable is the warmer winters for a given latitude, especially in the mid latitudes, and cooler summers relative to mid-latitude North America and Meditteranean Europe.

There are parts of Australia the rival the middle east for summers, and ocean SSTs in the Gulf of Carpenteria and off the Pilbara coast rival the warmest seas in the NH.

I like to, because it's interesting.

How warm is the Gulf of Carpenteria? Is it as warm as, cooler, or warmer, than the Caribbean? Even the areas around the Gulf there don't seem to be as warm as I'd expect it to be.

That's what I noticed too. Your temperate areas are warmer than ours, but your tropical areas are a bit cooler than ours.

Originally Posted by ChesterNZ

You're very fond of pointing out the disparity in temps between similar latitudes in the Carribean and Australia.

Firstly, Townsville seems to be experiencing something of a cool spell. The average low / high for late May would be about 60 / 80 F. San Juan, in the corresponding period of late November, would average about 73 / 85 F.

So there's no question that PR is significantly warmer than Australia at similar latitudes. I don't know the exact reasons for this. SSTs could be a contributing factor, the sea being one or two degrees celsius warmer around PR. Also, bear in mind that northern hemisphere locations will generally be warmer than southern ones for a given latitude.

I'd say that Townsville is fairly typical for 19 degrees latitude. The Northern Carribean represents a very significant positive temp anomaly relative to latitude. Most climates around the equator are barely warmer than San Juan, and many are considerably cooler.

I have to make San Juan feel good for something

Still, even if it has a cold spell, even winter, on average, is warmer in San Juan. I thought the waters off northern QLD would be as warm as the Caribbean. Is it due to the perihelion and aphelion of Earth's orbit?

[Bottletree]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

It's been rotten here the last few days.
I checked the latest conditions and for the past three days we have not reached 20 C/68 F.
I've been wearing layers and a beanie a lot of the time.
House temperature is a constant, yucky 20-21 C/68-71 F.
Usually my house doesn't drop below 22.5 F/72.5 F even by sunrise.
Late afternoons it's usually at least 25 C/77 F inside.

Funny, but I've been in tropical Australia in late May, both in 2011 and now in 2012.
Sometime around the middle of May, suddenly I stop enjoying being here.
I wonder if I'd need to be in Darwin to enjoy the entire month of May.
Our weather was fabulous for me, every day, up until early May.
Last year I didn't really start enjoying the weather until sometime in August, but by then I was in the SW.

Hmm, that is interesting. By the looks of it the high on May 25 was only 19.5c, the low tonight is supposed to be 11c. That is hardly tropical IMO, that must suck.

How would you think you'd do in Honolulu, the A+ climate of my choice.

[dhdh]

Originally Posted by Superduy

How would you think you'd do in Honolulu, the A+ climate of my choice.

Let's all move there, Honolulu gets an A+ from me as well

[Bottletree]

yup its a excellant one

[theunbrainwashed]

Originally Posted by Superduy

Hmm, that is interesting. By the looks of it the high on May 25 was only 19.5c, the low tonight is supposed to be 11c. That is hardly tropical IMO, that must suck.

How would you think you'd do in Honolulu, the A+ climate of my choice.

Judging from his other topic, it's probably a B climate for him Aruba would be the closest thing to perfection probably