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A some sort of a highland oceanic climate with high diurnal range throughout the year and moderate rainfall. It sees some snow in the winter. Unlike other "highland climates" on the Great Dividing Range (like Orange, Lithgow and Bathurst), this has hot summer highs.
Rare for an inland white-dominated Australian town, its name is of Indo-Iranian in origin. You would expect Anglo and Aboriginal place names there, as you do in most of Australia.
Very "meh" type of climate. Record lows are quite lame compared to the average lows. Summer is too dry, winter is too mild. It's OK by Australian standards. I rate it a D.
Too wet year round, especially in winter. Winter is too mild and stable with little to no snow and seemingly lots of cold rain. Summmer is good temp wise, just a bit too wet. Overall, winters are worse than here, summers are better. I guess it gets a C-.
Good to see the OP is conceding that this area has essentially an Oceanic pattern, as it's really only Shepparton with nights a little cooler due to altitude.
Don't drink the "Highland Oceanic" kool-aid though -that's just an oxymoron used to cover sloppy logic.
Just another boring Australian higher elevation climate. The winters are at that range where it's too cold to be "nice" out but too warm for reliable snowfall. The summers are pretty nice though but a little too wet.
Good to see the OP is conceding that this area has essentially an Oceanic pattern, as it's really only Shepparton with nights a little cooler due to altitude.
Don't drink the "Highland Oceanic" kool-aid though -that's just an oxymoron used to cover sloppy logic.
Shepparton gets only half of the rainfall that Khancoban receives. Khancoban is relatively wet, getting 900mm of annual rain and 149 rain days. So of course the latter would be naturally oceanic, considering its wetness. Shepparton is pretty much semi-arid (or at least a transitional form) with its 441mm annual precipitation and rain days just around 99. You can't simply call it a bona fide oceanic climate. Whereas, for Khancoban, you can argue for that.
There is nothing to concede, considering that Shepparton and Khancoban are still two different climates with only a few similarities. I don't apply the same climatic standards for these two.
True, I guess "highland oceanic" is an oxymoron, because highland climates have high diurnal ranges and are prone to extremes. Oceanic climates have a more narrow temperature range (something that "oceanic" climates like Albury, Wagga Wagga and Dubbo fail to do). So maybe Khancoban is a subtropical highland climate with wetter winters.
Summer temps: 8/20 (too hot)
winter temps: 10/20 (if its going to be cold it needs to be cold enough for snow)
diurnal range: 6/10 (little too much variation)
rainfall: 20/40 (too dry)
Humidity: 10/10 (low humidity)
Summer temps: 8/20 (too hot)
winter temps: 10/20 (if its going to be cold it needs to be cold enough for snow)
diurnal range: 6/10 (little too much variation)
rainfall: 20/40 (too dry)
Humidity: 10/10 (low humidity)
total: 54/100 = 54%
grade: C-
Summers have rather cool nights though.
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