Poll: Rate the climate - Mid North Coast NSW (warm, records, rainfall)
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I just posted on another thread and it made me think I should do a poll of the region in which I live - the Mid North Coast of NSW because apparently the CSIRO believes this region has the most livable climate in Australia.
So I will post climate statistics for the two largest towns in this region:
The weather is generally pleasant year round (averages 18-27 summer - 7-18 winter) and there is often a pleasant breeze even on warm days. In winter, the sun is often gentle and warm. The region does get high rainfall in summer - flooding does occur in this region (note that Coffs Harbour seems to suffer a lot more from flooding than Port Macquarie even when they have similar rainfalls).
There isn't a great variety in seasons so some might find it boring.
However, one doesn't need to travel far for that as the New England region is renowned for its 4 seasons:
The Lower Mid North coast is definitely an A,- eg Forster and even Port, going to a B further north as it gets progressively hotter and more humid - where there is nothing ""gentle"" about the summers - and mandatory ceiling fans and aircon are required.
Just about every place on the NSW North Coast claims that it has the CSIRO's best climate, so that is merely a tourist bluff.
Have a look at this outlandish claim by Yamba (a bit further north than Coffs):
The Lower Mid North coast is definitely an A,- eg Forster and even Port, going to a B further north as it gets progressively hotter and more humid - where there is nothing ""gentle"" about the summers - and mandatory ceiling fans and aircon are required. Just about every place on the NSW North Coast claims that it has the CSIRO's best climate, so that is merely a tourist bluff.
Lol, true. I did note that each town claimed that they personally had the best weather. I will say that I've lived in various places between Sydney and Brisbane and where I live now on the mid north coas probably does have the nicest overall weather I've experienced - not that the weather in the other places I've lived was shabby but there is something about the breeze off the water and just the hint that one isn't far from the subtropics. I like walking everywhere and it is great weather for that.
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Have a look at this outlandish claim by Yamba (a bit further north than Coffs):
Port Macquarie is a touch cooler than optimum for my tastes,
but Coffs is at the lower end of what I consider ideallic.
Both places are gorgeous.
Taller trees and more rain than Newcastle.
Coffs Harbour has banana trees growing on the sides of small mountains!
Neither place gets the dry heat days that Newcastle does and I like dry heat.
It sounds like you are torn between two types of climate - subtropical (north of Coffs) and mediterranean (dry heat).
Both places are indeed gorgeous.
Back to the dry heat, I do think on a sunny late autumn/winter's day, you do get that dry heat with the warmth of the sun - I did live south of Newcastle and even there, there was nothing nicer that sitting in the sun on a warm winter's day in a spot protected from the wind.
Actually, it is considered temperate where I live (and also where I used to live further south) and, as you can see from the charts listed of the two towns, they have relatively dry winters compared with the summer. It hasn't rained for a while but when it does rain, it pours (like in most subtropical places).
Atherton sounds like it might be like Toowoomba, i.e. cooler weather being up in the mountains.
In regards to temperate climates, it does show how different they can be because NSW north of Sydney is temperate with weather patterns similar to subtropical weather patterns but Melbourne, which is also considered temperate, has weather patterns closer to Mediterranean weather patterns (yes I've lived there too lol).
Last edited by susankate; 05-13-2013 at 08:18 AM..
It is amazing how tropical Coffs looks on streetview compared to say Jacksonville, FL (same latitude). To think that Coffs is the hub of a thriving banana industry, whereas in the US no where in the lower 48 can manage commercial banana prodcution.
The most ideal humid subtropical climates in the world are in Australia, imo.
This climate is an A-. Would be an A+ if summer high temps were in the mid 80's.
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