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None of your locations can trump our Campbell Island´s 640 or fewer hours of sunshine a year.However I´ve been pleased to be enjoying some Brazilian warmth with highs 29C-35C, coldest nights never dropped below about 19C, and experienced about 8 thunderstorms in the last 3 weeks. Several produced torrential downpours, one of them about 40mm in 30 minutes.35C in Rio yesterday, more like 40C+ over tarmac areas. Back to a much cooler NZ in a few days.
You wouldn't have liked that - the rain that is but the warmth would have compensated for it. Is it normal for Rio to get large numbers of thunderstorms at this time of the year?
You wouldn't have liked that - the rain that is but the warmth would have compensated for it. Is it normal for Rio to get large numbers of thunderstorms at this time of the year?
Didn't mind, as in both Rio and the savannah country inland there was quite a lot of sunshine (the inland areas are usually pretty cloudy in the wet season). Only briefly saw rain in Rio, thunderstorms there are much less common and the wet-dry season contrast is much less marked.
Melbourne has one of the crappiest climates on Earth with it's constant cloud and cold even in "summer" (more like neo-winter).
That may be, but, your summer are still a bit warmer than Seattle's and your winters warmer as well - not to mention Seattle get roughly twice as much rain.
Overall though the summers sound rather similar so I can understand your comment.
That may be, but, your summer are still a bit warmer than Seattle's and your winters warmer as well - not to mention Seattle get roughly twice as much rain.
Overall though the summers sound rather similar so I can understand your comment.
Melbourne is without a doubt the Seattle of Australia....in terms of cloudiness and the number of rain days. Some people here have deluded thoughs like "rain makes the city look better", which is their defence of the crap climate here, when in reality they probably hate the climate and simply can't stand the fact that places like Sydney are far warmer and sunnier but can't admit it, so they come up with tripe like this.
Summers here are lukewarm at best, and thats during the day. At night it's often too cold to be out in a shirt.
I guess I have a hard time understanding why it is so bad, a coastal place after all. Lots of people would love to have 12 months of temps where the variance is only 20 degrees!
I have to deal with the fact that Two Rivers has more clouds and fog than NE Illinois but being blocks from Lake Michigan instead of 2.5 miles makes a major difference plus being 140 miles north.
It isn't a terrible climate. As Ken said, it's warmer and dryer than Seattle.
Forecast over the next ten days looks sunny and mild. I'm sure some people in the Northern U.S. could go for that!
Keep in mind it's winter in the Northern U.S. and summer in Melbourne. Many places in the Northern U.S. have warmer summers than Melbourne (on average).
I guess I have a hard time understanding why it is so bad, a coastal place after all. Lots of people would love to have 12 months of temps where the variance is only 20 degrees!
I'm not sure if I read the stats right,
but I think it's possible in Melbourne for January's monthly average high of 95 F/35 C (hottest 1-in-10 January)
or average monthly high of 68 F/20 C (coolest 1-in-10 January)
If I read that right, then there's probably very few parts of North America that can compare in "summer variability" to Melbourne.
If I had to guess, Toronto's July 1-in-10 hottest/coolest averages for example would probably be something like 85F/29 C and 75 F/24 C.
I'm not sure if I read the stats right,
but I think it's possible in Melbourne for January's monthly average high of 95 F/35 C (hottest 1-in-10 January)
or average monthly high of 68 F/20 C (coolest 1-in-10 January)
If I read that right, then there's probably very few parts of North America that can compare in "summer variability" to Melbourne.
If I had to guess, Toronto's July 1-in-10 hottest/coolest averages for example would probably be something like 85F/29 C and 75 F/24 C.
You are misunderstanding.
According to the site, Melbournes' average high in January is 78.
I will say the statistic saying that Seattle's highest temperature being 96 is WRONG. This last summer we got up to 103 - which is a a temp I NEVER EVER IMAGINED we'd hit here in Seattle.
Ken
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- which is a a temp I NEVER EVER IMAGINED we'd hit here in Seattle.
