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It appears so, I remember Sydney being on the oceanic wiki page but it has since been removed. However, a lot of coastal NSW is oceanic, Melbourne is oceanic and gets incredibly hot days every summer.
A few "incredibly hot days" here and there don't make up for the majority of summer days which are pretty pathetic in Melbourne. Sydney gets reliably warm days for the summer months. You can plan an outdoor pool party for weeks ahead of time in summer in Sydney and you can't in Melbourne. Sydney is a moderated humid subtropical climate and Melbourne is....yuck.
A few "incredibly hot days" here and there don't make up for the majority of summer days which are pretty pathetic in Melbourne. Sydney gets reliably warm days for the summer months. You can plan an outdoor pool party for weeks ahead of time in summer in Sydney and you can't in Melbourne. Sydney is a moderated humid subtropical climate and Melbourne is....yuck.
I love oceanic climates...cloudy, wet, and comfortable summers. My dream climate would be considered humid continental, but with a strong oceanic influence. I generally prefer cold and cloudy winters (highs around or below freezing), but would happily live in an oceanic climate that's 4-7 C all winter with clouds and rain.
You can plan an outdoor pool party for weeks ahead of time in summer in Sydney.
We swim most days for about 4-5 months, so planning a pool party is hardly taking a big risk.
I think Melbourne summers are the most mis represented season on this forum. It can be changeable and have big swings. But the majority of summer, it feels warm and dry.
The first time I was in L.A, Melbourne was the place that come to mind.
I live in Okinawa Japan and the climate is hot and muggy for half the year. Winters are mild with lows no lower than 10C, but cloudy and windy. The best times are autumn and spring.
It appears so, I remember Sydney being on the oceanic wiki page but it has since been removed. However, a lot of coastal NSW is oceanic, Melbourne is oceanic and gets incredibly hot days every summer.
Very unique situation. Melbourne is oceanic, but the inland desert is nearby. I don't know of any other oceanic climate that gets occasional 40C's+ during the summer.
I've been in LA and in Australia, and I think the best match to LA is Perth. They both seem to have the same Med type climate. Melbourne feels more marine or oceanic I think, kind of more moist and more prone to cloudy weather.
I do agree though it can be hard to peg any climate and many climates on paper are not what they seem. I also think it's subjective based on where a person comes from. Based on the definition of summer in Melbourne, Australia (high temps from 75 F/24 C to 78 F/25 C in Jan/Feb).....summer here in the "other Melbourne'' (in Florida) lasts 9 months from March through November. So it's also based on how one defines things I guess.
No doubt Perth would be more similar to LA, than perth, although I haven't been there to compare.
My memory of Melbourne in summer is really just one of dry grass,Acacia, Eucalyptus and palm trees.. Melbourne certainly looks much more Mediterranean, rather than looking like someplace such as Dublin, Cardiff or Amsterdam.
I think of Melbourne, Florida, as the "other Melbourne", and often look up it's temperatures.
Very unique situation. Melbourne is oceanic, but the inland desert is nearby. I don't know of any other oceanic climate that gets occasional 40C's+ during the summer.
It's also significant that it faces the Southern Ocean, and doesn't experience getting warm fronts off the sea, only cold fronts. Or cold fronts off the land.
In my opinion, those features make it feel fundamentally different to places which get the opposite features. It feels much more like a warmer Christchurch (which has the same characteristic warm/cold swing), than somewhere like Auckland or my climate.
It's also significant that it faces the Southern Ocean, and doesn't experience getting warm fronts off the sea, only cold fronts. Or cold fronts off the land.
In my opinion, those features make it feel fundamentally different to places which get the opposite features. It feels much more like a warmer Christchurch (which has the same characteristic warm/cold swing), than somewhere like Auckland or my climate.
Yep, Melbourne is an example of a very, very mild oceanic climate (which is about ideal for me). I wouldn't call it 'moist' - as another poster described it - by any means either, the western parts of the city in particular can often get very dry.
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