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Thanks for the links. It is interesting to compare the hours of sun in the subtropical parts of the USA and Australia. I was aware from experience that the hot season in the Gulf/south Atlantic states, while it has quick bursts of rain/thundersqualls, the sun usually comes out within the hour. We used to call it the steam cycle (I actually loved it).
Thanks to all I will keep researching.
I accidentally posted a link for Brisbane's averages, which also has monthly hours of sun INSTEAD of putting Miami's averages.
As you could see from the map of Aussie sunshine, you won't see much more sun in summer going north or south of Brisbane, but you could book a flight west to somewhere like Adelaide or Perth for a coastal spot, or just straight west to somewhere like Alice Springs.
I too love the very-sunny, muggy, hot southeastern US summers.
Except maybe when the sun is low (sunset/sunrise) I've found that getting out into the sun actually decreases the "muggy" sensation for me, by heating me up without changing the dewpoint around me, it's a similar sensation of dropping the RH%.
I remember in California, once one got out of far coastal southern California areas…it looked like the coast of Europe with palm trees. In fact, I always thought the palms and pine trees looked a little odd together along the central/northern California coast (lol).
You'll probably also see plenty of pines around Brisbane.
The Norfolk Island pine seems to be very popular in coastal areas. (windfirm?)
I'm guessing it's very drought tolerant because I've seen pictures of them planted along the South Australian coastline too.
True. When you finally make it to Australia... what would your raison d'etre be? Canadian weather chat? B-r-r-r-r...
Canadian weather will likely be an infrequent topic of mine.
Maybe reserved for days with the nastiest Aussie or Canadian weather.
(But I will always be happy to answer questions about weather )
Raison d'etre? Probably discovering all things un-Canadian and/or un-American.
I like plants a lot, and I find it fascinating to see huge flowering aloe veras in the gardens on Drover's Run.
(they are strictly small houseplants here, and almost never flower )
As you could see from the map of Aussie sunshine, you won't see much more sun in summer going north or south of Brisbane, but you could book a flight west to somewhere like Adelaide or Perth for a coastal spot, or just straight west to somewhere like Alice Springs.
I too love the very-sunny, muggy, hot southeastern US summers.
Except maybe when the sun is low (sunset/sunrise) I've found that getting out into the sun actually decreases the "muggy" sensation for me, by heating me up without changing the dewpoint around me, it's a similar sensation of dropping the RH%.
I'm trying to find the closest match to Miami in Australia, based on temperature and sunshine. Think Townsville has the closest match:
I was there one December - our friends had a beautiful mango tree growing in their backyard. They lived in a cliched Queensland house raised off the ground - no air conditioning though so we were showering 4-5 times a day!
Canadian weather will likely be an infrequent topic of mine.
Maybe reserved for days with the nastiest Aussie or Canadian weather.
(But I will always be happy to answer questions about weather )
Raison d'etre? Probably discovering all things un-Canadian and/or un-American.
I like plants a lot, and I find it fascinating to see huge flowering aloe veras in the gardens on Drover's Run.
(they are strictly small houseplants here, and almost never flower )
Interesting! There are clearly a lot of similarities between Brisbane and Miami. Miami Beach is probably the closest thing to Australia's Gold Coast in the United States.
Is Brisbane prone to hurricanes or typhoons? If so, I'd imagine the season is in reverse, due to being in the southern hemisphere.
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Interesting! There are clearly a lot of similarities between Brisbane and Miami. Miami Beach is probably the closest thing to Australia's Gold Coast in the United States.
Is Brisbane prone to hurricanes or typhoons? If so, I'd imagine the season is in reverse, due to being in the southern hemisphere.
It gets full-blown cyclones once in a blue moon, but tropical storms and massive downpours are not uncommon in the warmer months, from about late November to early April. 435 mm has fallen in a 24 hour period!
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