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What are you talking about This comment does not "compute" in my head...
"... More cool days to come, then more milder. ..."
Mild weather at least in Canada means "gentle"
cool weather is already gentle.
So I cannot understand from your description if the temps are going up or down,
only that you are implying some kind of change to the weather,
but in my understanding, you are saying it is changing into the same weather it is changing from.
(the difference is unchanging; no difference. )
Milder than (already) cool temps has no meaning to me.
Today, it started off very cloudy. Then got sunny. And because it's Perth: windy! Trying to do yardwork and having stuff blow in my face and eyes, leaves scattering everywhere.
The term "mild" is commonly used by weather Authorities in Oz, the hierarchy they follow is basically this:
Cold
Cool
Mild
Warm
Hot
Very Hot
So the way you see weather, (fellow heat fan ) "cool" means feral, but "mild" means decent?
In Canada, we generally expect some degree of cold.
Hence, mild is a gentler deviation from our normal, but often isn't quite nice enough to go sleeveless.
Cool "can" be used in the (sick) British-sense of any temps below avg:
Quote:
"...Mild high of 5 C today, but turning cool tommorrow; gusty with a high of 1 C..."
but cool can also mean "barely not warm", perhaps marginal-moderate sleeveless discomfort...
or just low enough it's refreshing to people escaping heat.
I'm still not sure how Australia arrived at "mild" being a logical tern in-between warm and cool.
I think I will always call anything that isn't warm 'cool.'
23 C is cool imho.
I suppose that will confuse a lot of Aussies.
23 C is cool imho.
I suppose that will confuse a lot of Aussies.
No, that's the way I feel about 23C - it's a bit on the cool side, temperature-wise. Long-sleeved top or jumper(sweater) required. I remember when I lived in Vancouver that used to be considered a warm summer's day. Here, we can get that in winter.
Another term used here often is fine, as in a fine day. To North Americans, that would make them think you're saying it's a nice or great day. Here, it means 'sunny', i.e., 28 degrees and fine.
If anyone is interested in Australia's Weather Terms, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has all the info. Click on the link and then select temperature Australian Bureau of Meteorology - Weather Words
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This comment does not "compute" in my head...
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) "cool" means feral, but "mild" means decent? 
