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Richards Bay is drier than Byron Bay and quite a lot drier than Florianopolis. It's also unusually dry for an almost Af climate as the wet season isn't very wet ie most climates with >~60 mm of rainfall in the driest month will have a lot more than ~1200 mm per year. Most of lowland South Africa seems warmer and drier than similar locations in South and Australia. It could be to do with Madagascar to the north east blocking some of the moisture.
Although going poleward, the distance isn't so drastic — summers aren't really any wetter than Richard's Bay, much of the added difference is into the "winter." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort-D...ascar)#Climate
Hamilton, Bermuda has a tropical rainforest climate past 32°N. Do all months average ≥18°C? Yes. The coolest month, February, still averages 18°C which puts it within the requirements of a tropical climate. It is a cooler tropical climate though, but not all tropical climates are boiling hot year round.
In Australia, and specifically around the 30*S latitude in NSW, The town of Dorrigo might fit the description. Perhaps not the town itself, the altitude of 731m asl makes it somewhat cooler than the coastal lowlands, but the surrounding districts east towards the coast including Bellingen and Coffs Harbour.
Significant weather events
On 19 October 1913, a severe hailstorm struck Dorrigo, where hail fell for an hour, with hail banked up in many places. The storm caused hundreds of pounds of damage.[21] On 6 August 1923, the first known snowfall occurred at Dorrigo. On 24 June 1950, 636.0 millimetres (25.04 in) of rain was recorded in the 24 hours to 9 am at Dorrigo Post Office. In the following 24 hours, to 9 am on 25 June 1950, a further 230.9 millimetres (9.09 in) of rain was recorded at the same site.[23] On 21 February 1954, Dorrigo's highest daily rainfall (in the 24 hours to 9 am) of 809.2 millimetres (31.86 in) was recorded. This is also the highest daily rainfall total for anywhere in New South Wales. This was recorded at Myrtle Street in Dorrigo. Another Bureau of Meteorology site located at Dorrigo Post Office recorded 774.7 millimetres (30.50 in) of rain within the same 24-hour period to 9 am on 21 February 1954. These heavy rainfall totals were associated with a tropical cyclone which had crossed the coast at Coolangatta and Tweed Heads late on 20 February 1954.
There are some magnificant Gondwanda remnant rainforests in this region of NSW. https://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au...s-of-australia
and the 'Waterfall Way' is one of the most scenic drives in Australia. https://www.news.com.au/technology/e...50fefe9430fe07 https://australiayourway.com/waterfall-way-nsw/
This is not exactly related to topic on hand, but Bermuda is a tropical area, but more like seasonal tropical if anything. The Koppen climate classification is largely a social construct, so it really doesn't make it not tropical just because of deviations. It supposedly never gets below 43, similar to Norfolk Island, which is less tropical but also not like most subtropical climates.
Places like China and especially the SE US are very cold in the winter for the artificial classification, which makes it very deviant of what it could be, but imo, the threshold should be 5 C for all months averages, because 0 or let alone -3, is including too much areas that are clearly temperate lands.
However, Bermuda doesn't really have natural areas as much anymore, because the island is a giant suburban resort area, which means, that you couldn't even have the same feels as if you were in a tropical rainforest in the first place. This is like South Florida, tropical climate, but barely any real rainforests to speak of.
Pretty sad that South Florida, like Bermuda, is largely just an urbanized space nowadays, where it's not very quiet or green for that matter, despite of the climatic potential of both areas.
like China and especially the SE US are very cold in the winter for the artificial classification, which makes it very deviant of what it could be, but imo, the threshold should be 5 C for all months averages, because 0 or let alone -3, is including too much areas that are clearly temperate lands
It is “especially” China that is cold in the winter, not the SE USA. We’re not seriously going over this delusion again, are we?
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However, Bermuda doesn't really have natural areas as much anymore, because the island is a giant suburban resort area, which means, that you couldn't even have the same feels as if you were in a tropical rainforest in the first place. This is like South Florida, tropical climate, but barely any real rainforests to speak of
Florida contains one of the largest tropical wildernesses in North America, the Everglades. This is simply wrong.
The classification for what is rainforest and what isn’t is dubious, but S Florida has hammock forest and tropical moist forest and wetland areas, and parts fall under the Af classification, specifically. You are wrong.
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