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Bowling Green, bc it is a more typical subtropical climate and has more seasonality.
Brisbane's climate is basically tropical.
in the AU Southern Hemisphere, the words 'snow and ice' are simply not used re 'subtropicallity'
Frost can happen ( the odd light frost, but certainly not a hard freeze say below -4c/-5c )
Brisbane is warm subtropical climatically in AU.
Neither Perth or Sydney are thought of as 'subtropical' in the AU psyche... simply called warm Med and warm Temperant Oceanic here....
in the AU Southern Hemisphere, the words 'snow and ice' are simply not used re 'subtropicallity'
Frost can happen ( the odd light frost, but certainly not a hard freeze say below -4c/-5c )
Brisbane is warm subtropical climatically in AU.
Neither Perth or Sydney are thought of as 'subtropical' in the AU psyche... simply called warm Med and warm Temperant Oceanic here....
But still those med and temperates are what subtropical is, and in reality Brisbane is nearly tropical. Australia’s climates barely see frost or snow due to strong oceanic influence, but AUS is not frost free completely though. Brisbane in July last year dipped into 4°C one night, near to it’s all time record low of 2.6°C. And if nearly tropical Brisbane does that, then AUS is not frost free.
No wonder they call Sydney warm oceanic, it’s summers are almost bordering oceanic climates. It is subtropical but it is almost oceanic. Perth is absolutely Mediterranean climate.
Corryong does experience hard freeze some days. I just learned it is a Cfa/Cfb borderline with dome Csa/Csb characteristics. Don’t get me wrong but cities in US south at similar latitudes hace similar climates! The winters of Corryong act like northern Alabama, the summers are drier though and with lower lows but similar highs to Southern Tennessee area at 35°N! Though hardiness zones are different and certainly cold frost affect Tennessee way more.
Just remember for AUS and other SH people, US subtropical is Corryong’s winters with Brisbane summers. Simple description of a typical US subtropical climate.
It surprises me that AUS every winter is close to the record lows, that shows that is way more stable than US. US with arctic air flowing in can have drastic changes in winter, also the warm tropical air vs the arctic fights in US winters, the subtropical regions in US can have warm weather one day and the other snow! And the cold fronts are way stronger. For example Brownsville has similar winter averages to Brisbane, but gets frost every year! And in mid winter it can get temperatures also that are so high the Brisbane’s summers can struggle to get!!! Seriously, 34.4°C in winter in Brownsville, Tx!!!
It surprises me that AUS every winter is close to the record lows, that shows that is way more stable than US. US with arctic air flowing in can have drastic changes in winter, also the warm tropical air vs the arctic fights in US winters, the subtropical regions in US can have warm weather one day and the other snow! And the cold fronts are way stronger. For example Brownsville has similar winter averages to Brisbane, but gets frost every year! And in mid winter it can get temperatures also that are so high the Brisbane’s summers can struggle to get!!! Seriously, 34.4°C in winter in Brownsville, Tx!!!
US is just crazy man. Winter season is so unpredictable.
Just remember for AUS and other SH people, US subtropical is Corryong’s winters with Brisbane summers. Simple description of a typical US subtropical climate.
Corryong has much cloudier winters than anywhere in the US at those latitudes. Cloudy winters are the antithesis, of 'subtropical'.
I think a defining characteristic of southern US climates is an early, warm spring. Just look at these snapshots for March around the area
richmond:
montgomery:
^ people here will hyper fixate on the freezing temperature which occurred on March 19th. When you zoom out to the bigger picture you see why that doesn't matter all that much to the locals.
houston:
valdosta
mixed in these days in March and even into April will be some chilly nights but also many warm to hot days.
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