Your dream climatic averages (amount, area, climate, snow)

[RWood]

SH impossible version: (metric)

avgmax avgmin rain(mm) sun %

Jan 29 16 0 80
Feb 28 17 0 80
Mar 27 16 10 85
Apr 26 14 20 85
May 24 13 10 90
Jun 23 12 0 95
Jul 23 11 0 95
Aug 24 12 0 95
Sep 25 13 10 90
Oct 26 14 20 85
Nov 27 15 10 85
Dec 28 16 0 80

[ChesterNZ]

Originally Posted by RWood

SH impossible version: (metric)

avgmax avgmin rain(mm) sun %

Jan 29 16 0 80
Feb 28 17 0 80
Mar 27 16 10 85
Apr 26 14 20 85
May 24 13 10 90
Jun 23 12 0 95
Jul 23 11 0 95
Aug 24 12 0 95
Sep 25 13 10 90
Oct 26 14 20 85
Nov 27 15 10 85
Dec 28 16 0 80

Unusual precipitation pattern.

As far as temperatures and sunniness are concerned, I'm sure there are a bunch of places on the coast of WA that would be a close match (albeit with a somewhat higher seasonal temp range).

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by RWood

SH impossible version: (metric)

avgmax avgmin rain(mm) sun %

Jan 29 16 0 80
Feb 28 17 0 80
Mar 27 16 10 85
Apr 26 14 20 85
May 24 13 10 90
Jun 23 12 0 95
Jul 23 11 0 95
Aug 24 12 0 95
Sep 25 13 10 90
Oct 26 14 20 85
Nov 27 15 10 85
Dec 28 16 0 80

Temps sound like Bunbury/Fremantle WA's summers with Bundaberg QLD's winters.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by ChesterNZ

Unusual precipitation pattern.

As far as temperatures and sunniness are concerned, I'm sure there are a bunch of places on the coast of WA that would be a close match (albeit with a somewhat higher seasonal temp range).

Wow, that's DRY! 80 mm/3.2" annual precip?
I suspect most places in Oz even approaching that level of aridity would have scorching summers though.

I hear the east side of south Africa is very arid and relatively cool, getting drier as you go north. (Angola?)

If you don't mind higher summer temps, (33/23 C?)
I think the best Australian match would be Carnarvon WA.

[RWood]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Wow, that's DRY! 80 mm/3.2" annual precip?
I suspect most places in Oz even approaching that level of aridity would have scorching summers though.

I hear the east side of south Africa is very arid and relatively cool, getting drier as you go north. (Angola?)

If you don't mind higher summer temps, (33/23 C?)
I think the best Australian match would be Carnarvon WA.

No, you have your African sides muddled. The aridity is on the west flank, just as for the Atacama desert and Us southwest.

I want my warmest and coolest seasons to both be rainless, just some showers in the transitional seasons.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by RWood

No, you have your African sides muddled. The aridity is on the west flank, just as for the Atacama desert and Us southwest.

I want my warmest and coolest seasons to both be rainless, just some showers in the transitional seasons.

You are right, I mixed up my east and west.
If I was pointing on a map I would have got it right, but I used incorrect terminology.

Again, the left side of southern Africa (west ) would probably suit,
as there are places where annual averages are less than 1" (25 mm)

Does any place on earth have rain in transitional seasons, but not in winter or summer?

[MrMarbles]

Most equatorial location have 2 wet seasons as ICZ moves through.
In mid-latitudes, some Mediterranean locations have wet spring and fall with a relatively dry winter. Barcelona for example.

[Weatherfan2]

Originally Posted by RWood

SH impossible version: (metric)

avgmax avgmin rain(mm) sun %

Jan 29 16 0 80
Feb 28 17 0 80
Mar 27 16 10 85
Apr 26 14 20 85
May 24 13 10 90
Jun 23 12 0 95
Jul 23 11 0 95
Aug 24 12 0 95
Sep 25 13 10 90
Oct 26 14 20 85
Nov 27 15 10 85
Dec 28 16 0 80

I'd get a bit bored of the lack of rain (and storms?), and extremes in temperature.

Then we have Beautiful Bochley of New Floridania, with its interesting subtropical semi-continental climate.

Thanks to a deep southerly prevailing wind in summer, which flows over 300 miles of land and down the slope of some mountains before reaching Bochley, the town gets some very warm daytime highs in summer, but gets a somewhat cool and damp winter dominated by north westerly winds.

Bochley's 30-year averages, thanks to the lovely staff at BOCHLEY WEATHER OBSERVATORY:



Month.......low(c)......high(c)......rain(mm)*.... ..sun(hrs)*
Jan......5.2......10.2.......101..........96
Feb.......6.8......12.3.......74..........125
Mar.......9.6......18.5.......56..........197
Apr........12.2......24.......64...........288
May.......15.2......29.9.....55..........341
Jun.........18........34.1.....51..........346
Jul..........20.9......37.5......68.......339
Aug........21.3......37.4......59........344
Sep........19.3.......33.2......39.......311
Oct.........14.4.......25.1......86.......243
Nov.........10..........17........91.......139
Dec..........6.4........12.4......96.......94


*(rain and sun are approximate values)

[ColdCanadian]

Mar-Nov look delightful in Bockley.

[ColdCanadian]

Mackenzie and Avalon look like they could have been hard hit by that crazy tsunami. (2005? 2006? 2007? 2008?)
Did they get much damage?