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In your opinion, do you think any of Australia's major cities have a real winter? I'm thinking of cities like:
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Perth
Adelaide
Hobart
Darwin
Canberra
Any others that have a metro population greater than 100,000
Canberra was surprisingly cold, with heavy frosts and morning cloud/fog combos seemingly common. I would say it has real winters, because freezing temperatures are common.
Brisbane has what I consider, a cool season.The others (except Darwin) would have what I would consider a weak winter.
No. Canberra is the closest, but still its 'coldest' month has low only barely below freezing and its highs in all months are above 10C. Hardly real winter to me.
No. Canberra is the closest, but still its 'coldest' month has low only barely below freezing and its highs in all months are above 10C. Hardly real winter to me.
This. Snowfall in Canberra is very low as well, so definitely not a real winter.
IMO, a "real winter" is a climate which satisfies at least two out of three of the following conditions:
-mean temperature below 0C (32F) from Dec-Feb (NH) or June-Aug (SH)
-snowfall of at least 50cm (20 in) per annum
-at least three nights below -20C (-4F) per annum
So, for example, Charlotte Pass is an Australian climate with a real winter. It's not a city, though, and has no permanent residents.
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This. Snowfall in Canberra is very low as well, so definitely not a real winter.
IMO, a "real winter" is a climate which satisfies at least two out of three of the following conditions:
-mean temperature below 0C (32F) from Dec-Feb (NH) or June-Aug (SH)
-snowfall of at least 50cm (20 in) per annum
-at least three nights below -20C (-4F) per annum
So, for example, Charlotte Pass is an Australian climate with a real winter. It's not a city, though, and has no permanent residents.
Ok so wait LOL you are saying I don't have a winter!
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Gotta be Melbourne with it's arctic cold fronts and southerlies year-round.
You want say Antartic right?
I think the only major city in Australia who have a real winter is Canberra,i was looking at climate data and see that almost everyday it has below freezing temperatures in winter!
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I'm annoyed that people think that a place with an average high of 6c doesn't have a winter.
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