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Seriously, I think SAB needs to move on...and maybe check his figures;
Coldest maximum temp in Melbourne last winter was 13.3C, lowest min temp was 3.4C. In the depths of Melbourne winter (usually July), the average max is still 15.2C, min average is 8.2C.
Seriously, I think SAB needs to move on...and maybe check his figures;
Coldest maximum temp in Melbourne last winter was 13.3C, lowest min temp was 3.4C. In the depths of Melbourne winter (usually July), the average max is still 15.2C, min average is 8.2C.
Actually, old esteemed one, the coldest max temp in Melbourne last winter was 10.8C on June 12, combined with 50-60km/h winds. And max temp is max temp, for most of the day it would've been colder than that, more like 7-8C until midday and it will star dropping back down as the sun gets lower in the afternoon.
You need to check your figures. Don't know what rectal cavity you pulled 13.4C from, I'm guessing Dean-melbourne's.
You Australians are real whiners, come to my hometown in NW Europe, average temp is 4° C in January, with highs of 6°C and lows of -2°C.
Not Siberian either, just plain cold. Melbourne seems far from that, maybe Hobart could qualify as the coldest Australian city ?
Coldest day was indeed on 12 June 2009......Fijime's numbers possibly come from July 2009 where the lowest min was 3.4° C (8 July) and lowest max 13.2° C (5 July).
Sorry to rub it in, but us Sydneysiders had 17.1° C and 9.4 hours of sun on 12 June last year - and that was cooler than the monthly average of 17.9° C ;-) Not bad for a winter's day.
Pigeonhole - I have had 8 NW European winters so understand where you are coming from. My double-layered ski jacket I bought in Geneva a few years ago sits redundantly in my wardrobe here!
I agree, you don't need American style temps to feel cold.
Places facing the Southern Ocean, and that includes Adelaide, have miserably cold, windy and damp winters.
I have been in Melbourne in July, there was no sun, and max temps were only about 13 or 14.
If Melbourne did not have Tassie to help block the southern ocean and if Adelaide was not facing west towards the gulf of st vincent and with some protection from kangaroo island.. they would both be colder. i've been to kangaroo island in the winter and have been on a beach facing the souther ocean and it was much colder there than in Adeliade..
This is an interesting comparison to this Alaskan. I actually like Adelaide so far out of all the cities listed because it has cooler temps in the winter.
I go to Florida every summer and really like the 85-90F range and then in the winter, I'd rather be in the 45-50F range. Here, temps only average 60-65F in the summers with tons of gray skies, and then too much snow/dark with months under 0F.
Anything about Adelaide weather that might put me off?
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If Melbourne did not have Tassie to help block the southern ocean and if Adelaide was not facing west towards the gulf of st vincent and with some protection from kangaroo island.. they would both be colder. i've been to kangaroo island in the winter and have been on a beach facing the souther ocean and it was much colder there than in Adeliade..
The wind chill would make it colder, but temperature-wise not really, because it is ocean, after all. We can actually thank the Southern Ocean for our winters not being alot colder. If we had land all the way to Antarctica it would be far, far colder.
This is an interesting comparison to this Alaskan. I actually like Adelaide so far out of all the cities listed because it has cooler temps in the winter.
I go to Florida every summer and really like the 85-90F range and then in the winter, I'd rather be in the 45-50F range. Here, temps only average 60-65F in the summers with tons of gray skies, and then too much snow/dark with months under 0F.
Anything about Adelaide weather that might put me off?
Your summer temps are esentially Adelaide's winter temps.
Anything about Adelaide weather that might put me off?
Variable summer temps with lots of heatwaves, so it might not give someone a chance to acclimate to heat like somewhere like the southern US, where they generally stay 80-90+ F pretty much all summer long. I've seen forecasts a day in the low 70's F (22-23 C) followed by days in the low 100's F, (38-40 C) less than five days later. Lows in the 85-90 F (30-32 C) degree range? I'd like that, but I know a lot of people wouldn't. Dust storms? Fires?
Anything about Adelaide weather that might put me off?
43C? Driest capital city?
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