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Anyone else notice that Dover Island has a higher record high? Crazy stuff. That's the climate I vote for BTW. I'll take year round spring over a year round oven.
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Dover, no contest. No surprises that a cool climate in a hot country is much more highly rated. There are of course cooler places in Australia at altitude, and you can also do worse at the hot end too (Wyndham, Mandora Station). Though the relentless heat and humidity of the Torres Strait islands would make it worse in some ways, at least there are some dry air incursions in places like Darwin and Broome.
I agree with Alex, -3C is pathetic, but given Tasmania's cloudy, wet and windy winter it's not surprising. And Dover is not an island either, it's on an inlet (Port Esperance) on the "coast" of the D'entrecasteaux Channel which separates SW Tasmania from Bruny Island.
Dover's climate is total crap apart from those record highs, which are amazing for an oceanic climate that barely makes 20C average high in summer. Presumably for every 35C heatwave in summer (fohn-type wind?) it gets a horrid spell of maxima around 15C with cloud. I bet it is changeable as anything: 35C and sunny on Friday then 15C and rain on Saturday. Winters are just bleurggggh. With the record highs so far above the average you'd expect something similar with the lows, even on the coast it should be able to get below -5 at that latitude with those averages.
Horn Island is very predictable and dependable; never had a max below 25C. It gets my vote despite the wet season.
Dover's climate is total crap apart from those record highs, which are amazing for an oceanic climate that barely makes 20C average high in summer. Presumably for every 35C heatwave in summer (fohn-type wind?) it gets a horrid spell of maxima around 15C with cloud. I bet it is changeable as anything: 35C and sunny on Friday then 15C and rain on Saturday.
The temperate parts of Australia are still in a close proximity to the desert, hence the high records and bipolar weather. The coolest places here, excluding those in a high altitude, can get extremely high summer temps. Our desert is one of the largest in the world (sits right below the Sahara and Arabian desert, I believe), so it will heavily influence the summer weather.
The only reason Dover and most of Tasmania barely make it over 22C in the summer is because they're surrounded by the cool Southern Ocean. Yet, at the same time, there is a huge hot desert sitting above them (yes, a bit far, but it's powerful enough to provide heatwaves down there).
I noticed, the southern parts of the country (Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra) are more prone to extreme heat than the northeastern parts (Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville). I don't know why - maybe the high humidity in the tropics moderates the desert heat? This is another 'Dover', yet warmer - Check out the big difference between this place's average highs and record highs (Albany, WA):
Dover's climate is total crap apart from those record highs, which are amazing for an oceanic climate that barely makes 20C average high in summer. Presumably for every 35C heatwave in summer (fohn-type wind?) it gets a horrid spell of maxima around 15C with cloud. I bet it is changeable as anything: 35C and sunny on Friday then 15C and rain on Saturday. Winters are just bleurggggh. With the record highs so far above the average you'd expect something similar with the lows, even on the coast it should be able to get below -5 at that latitude with those averages.
Horn Island is very predictable and dependable; never had a max below 25C. It gets my vote despite the wet season.
I'd rather feast on my own dung than endure the year round winter in this abominable climate.
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