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It does seem to be a "four seasonal" sort of place. One of those places where you could take a quartet of photos in the same location - one for each season.
The region is very impressive in autumn.
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I presume the houses are better insulated / constructed down there from the cold winters though?
Err... don't bet on it! We really need to get on top of that here.
Err... don't bet on it! We really need to get on top of that here.
NZ still has a lot of housing stock that is quite inadequate in that regard. I was lucky in that when living in Invercargill, my parents chose a brick house and installed a couple of space heaters. I'm sure it was one of the warmest houses in the entire South Island at the time.
NZ still has a lot of housing stock that is quite inadequate in that regard. I was lucky in that when living in Invercargill, my parents chose a brick house and installed a couple of space heaters. I'm sure it was one of the warmest houses in the entire South Island at the time.
I live in a brick house and even with the heat pump and LPG on full bore it's freezing cold. Possibly because the main room is fairly large (the ceiling is about six metres high).
Yup, alot of us go upto Central Otago to get some sun, warm temperatures, and more often that not it doesn't disappoint!
Really does seem like a different planet in the summer compared to down here.
I wonder what's the "record" high gap between maximums on a same day for those two towns (or city in the case of Invercargill)? I sometimes view TVNZ clips online, on some occasions the difference can be as much as 10 - 15oC. The wind in Invercargill certainly keeps the temperature down. The times I've been down there, it's certainly felt cooler on a bright clear sunny day than an overcast one.
I wonder what's the "record" high gap between maximums on a same day for those two towns (or city in the case of Invercargill)? I sometimes view TVNZ clips online, on some occasions the difference can be as much as 10 - 15oC. The wind in Invercargill certainly keeps the temperature down. The times I've been down there, it's certainly felt cooler on a bright clear sunny day than an overcast one.
Probably no more than 15C. In situations of winter fog some major reversal can certainly occur. However, on average, even in January and Feb when the difference between daily maxima is the greatest, it is only 5.1C. Reduced wind helps of course.
I live in a brick house and even with the heat pump and LPG on full bore it's freezing cold. Possibly because the main room is fairly large (the ceiling is about six metres high).
Our place was brick and roughcast, average ceiling heights, and reasonable exposure to sun, which was necessary. I didn't feel cold indoors until I went to university and encountered cold wooden houses. I can recall plenty of times when at high school I would take study notes into the main living room, but get too comfortable with the warmth and simply doze off.
My brother, who was born here, moved to Invercargill a few years ago with his Kiwi girlfriend, loves it there. He finds the weather "marvelously different and exhilarating".
He absolutely hates coming here in the summer and often visits during the cooler winter/spring seasons whenever he can. He's commented to me many times that there's no way he will come back here to live and even has complained about the heat, humidity and sun (during the wet Feb. of this year mind you).
He absolutely rocks for "rainy/cloudy" days like I do but he's more luckier in that he doesn't have to put up with the hot and humid weather that charactises Sydney. Each to thier own I reckon :-)
My brother, who was born here, moved to Invercargill a few years ago with his Kiwi girlfriend, loves it there. He finds the weather "marvelously different and exhilarating".
He absolutely hates coming here in the summer and often visits during the cooler winter/spring seasons whenever he can. He's commented to me many times that there's no way he will come back here to live and even has complained about the heat, humidity and sun (during the wet Feb. of this year mind you).
He absolutely rocks for "rainy/cloudy" days like I do but he's more luckier in that he doesn't have to put up with the hot and humid weather that charactises Sydney. Each to thier own I reckon :-)
Sydney isn't even that humid. Nights are though, but their dewpoints are around 18C at the highest. Try Brisbane for hot and humid.
To answer this thread, I prefer coastal climates anyday. I am dependent on ocean moderation.
There is no possibility of “severe frosts” in Southern Florida.
If severe frosts you'd mean anything like a 24 or 20 F, but it did get like to 28 F in the 1970's, but to note here, Miami is very tropical still, definitely not like Atlanta or DC for that matter.
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