Un Happy Thread (hottest, fog, may, Melbourne)

[RWood]

Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1

Certainly will be a very nice time to stay indoors and catch up on those long awaited household chores

Seen more than enough of the sun - April and August as well as many months last decade (with 7 records set). It's been a great year this year with below average sun occurring more often than not. It all boils down to personal preferences. And Rwood - enjoy the rain as much as you can, I see Wellington's had 1340mm to end October - well done

Fortunately things are much drier now.

But, this is the 4th consecutive even-numbered year with a substantial surplus. 2001-2010 will prove to have been considerably wetter than the 2 previous decades, even though the 30-year average will drop a little because the 70s were quite wet overall. I expect the next decade to be significantly drier - if that shows signs of not being the case I will move to a place with a substantially lower mean rainfall.

[ChesterNZ]

Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1

Certainly will be a very nice time to stay indoors and catch up on those long awaited household chores

Seen more than enough of the sun - April and August as well as many months last decade (with 7 records set). It's been a great year this year with below average sun occurring more often than not. It all boils down to personal preferences. And Rwood - enjoy the rain as much as you can, I see Wellington's had 1340mm to end October - well done

You should move to Innisfail, QLD which gets over 3500 mm per annum.

If that's too hot try NZ's West Coast -- most places there average around 2500 mm. Very lush forest and a dramatic coastline.

[Medway]

Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1

After a month of lovely changeable weather - horrid, big, fat & ugly blocking high heading our way and doesn't look to be moving on in a hurry over the next week or so unfortunately .

Forecast over next 7 days - very depressing - how I hate hearing that word "sunny" (meaning no rain) being repeated endlessly

THANK GOD. I had a gut full of this disgusting pathetic permanently cold and cloudy drizzly 6 month winter. We are well overdue for some sun and temps that actually resemble spring/summer. Next week has me jumping for joy with sunshine and temps in the 30s

[Infamous92]

We just got our first frost advisory

The projected low is 36 though.

It's just a possible situation, I hope it doesn't happen though.

[koyaanisqatsi1]

Originally Posted by ChesterNZ

You should move to Innisfail, QLD which gets over 3500 mm per annum.

If that's too hot try NZ's West Coast -- most places there average around 2500 mm. Very lush forest and a dramatic coastline.

In the case of the former - certainly hot/humid which doesn't rate high on my "preference" list. And I wouldn't want to be living amongst Queenslanders too

As for the latter - I've considered this option many times but my family won't have a bar of it which's ironic that seeing they were ok with my brother moving to Invercargill

[koyaanisqatsi1]

Originally Posted by RWood

Fortunately things are much drier now.

But, this is the 4th consecutive even-numbered year with a substantial surplus. 2001-2010 will prove to have been considerably wetter than the 2 previous decades, even though the 30-year average will drop a little because the 70s were quite wet overall. I expect the next decade to be significantly drier - if that shows signs of not being the case I will move to a place with a substantially lower mean rainfall.

. Fair enough though. Las Vegas would suit you - spent a week there & it's very dry and hot, found the temperatures of 30-33oC pleasant as the heat was dry. Bad for gambling though - casinos/pokies everywhere which includes the airport.

At least you can't complain about the lack of sun - Wellington's not doing too bad this month.

[RWood]

Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1

. Fair enough though. Las Vegas would suit you - spent a week there & it's very dry and hot, found the temperatures of 30-33oC pleasant as the heat was dry. Bad for gambling though - casinos/pokies everywhere which includes the airport.

At least you can't complain about the lack of sun - Wellington's not doing too bad this month.

Correct about the sun, but it's been levelling off this week and after threatening to catch up to the 30-year YTD average we're slipping back again. There may still be a chance if December is sunny.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1

. Fair enough though. Las Vegas would suit you - spent a week there & it's very dry and hot, found the temperatures of 30-33oC pleasant as the heat was dry. Bad for gambling though - casinos/pokies everywhere which includes the airport.

At least you can't complain about the lack of sun - Wellington's not doing too bad this month.

You've been to Las Vegas?

Oddly, I nearly-never see anyone look hot or cold in Las Vegas when they show it on TV or in the movies...
as if it has Los Angeles's temperateness for temps, just lower in precip.

I would have assumed that a large portion of the year most people are at least mildly uncomfortable about the heat, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

[ben86]

Originally Posted by koyaanisqatsi1

. Fair enough though. Las Vegas would suit you - spent a week there & it's very dry and hot, found the temperatures of 30-33oC pleasant as the heat was dry. Bad for gambling though - casinos/pokies everywhere which includes the airport.

At least you can't complain about the lack of sun - Wellington's not doing too bad this month.

My parents went to Vegas a few years ago at the height of summer and thought it was just like being in an oven, and then when you go indoors with the A/C it was too cold, but my mother does have a habit of moaning about anything. Seeming as this is pretty much the moaning thread, I'd like to register my displeasure with this weekend's sun total of 0, the fact that the pavements are still damp from the moderate rain that fell three days ago (bet that never happens in Vegas), and the fact that I've just had to put the lights on at 3.30pm even though we're still a month away from the shortest day. And my sports teams mostly lost this weekend too

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

You've been to Las Vegas?

Oddly, I nearly-never see anyone look hot or cold in Las Vegas when they show it on TV or in the movies...
as if it has Los Angeles's temperateness for temps, just lower in precip.

I would have assumed that a large portion of the year most people are at least mildly uncomfortable about the heat, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

30-33 C with low humidity is reasonably comfortable. Eventually the house would probably get hot enough to require turning on the A/C, but it is certainly better than dealing with those temperatures with high humidity. Hanging out in the shade with a cold drink would probably be enjoyable in those temperatures with low humidity.

Summers certainly are no picnic, but the rest of the year doesn't look too bad temperature wise. The dryness and sunshine would get to me after a while though.

Notice people walking around Miami with suits on television? I can't help but think of Miami Vice.