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Yup, SAB will also want to rent a spot from you. I already know all I could afford in St. Croix is a tent, but that's ok. It looks like a tropical Paradise so I'd be outside all the time anyway. When it's lunchtime, we'll just go on over to Cruxan's house.
Yup, SAB will also want to rent a spot from you. I already know all I could afford in St. Croix is a tent, but that's ok. It looks like a tropical Paradise so I'd be outside all the time anyway. When it's lunchtime, we'll just go on over to Cruxan's house.
One thing that might be nice for camping,
much of the Virgin Islands are semi-arid, at least in appearance.
(camping in the rain is not fun)
Lunch at cruxan's? Irie.
*Would SAB even want to join us for a winter in the Caribbean???
This would mean missing out on an Australian summer.
If I'm not mistaken, the Carribean "winter" is warmer than a Melbourne summer
You have a good chance at seeing no lows below 16 C (60 F) all winter;
90% of the morning lows will probably be 19-22 C. (66-72 F)
From what I gather, you'd probably never see winter highs below 24 C... (75 F)
*I myself have never seen highs below 27 C (80 F) there, and that was after a rainy-spell.
However, you probably also have a 0% chance of seeing 35+ C. (95+ F)
Good chance that it will never pass 32 C, (90 F) if it reaches it at all. So as far as peak summer heat goes,
the coldest Melbourne summer is still probably better.
But you probably would probably prefer the typical day-to-day weather in the Virgin Islands' winter.
You have a good chance at seeing no lows below 16 C (60 F) all winter;
90% of the morning lows will probably be 19-22 C. (66-72 F)
From what I gather, you'd probably never see winter highs below 24 C... (75 F)
*I myself have never seen highs below 27 C (80 F) there, and that was after a rainy-spell.
However, you probably also have a 0% chance of seeing 35+ C. (95+ F)
Good chance that it will never pass 32 C, (90 F) if it reaches it at all. So as far as peak summer heat goes,
the coldest Melbourne summer is still probably better.
But you probably would probably prefer the typical day-to-day weather in the Virgin Islands' winter.
SAB said that a few years ago he experienced a daytime high of 57F during christmas day in Melbourne. And christmas in Melbourne falls under the summer season.
It is not even common in the Caribbean during their "winter season" to have night time lows of 57F, let alone daytime highs of 57F.
You are my twin! I feel the same way, I don't like to be in the sun, I get too hot even if the weather is cool and if it's over 65, yes I am hot. The winter picture is most definitely my favorite!
Then we all must be triplets! Because I am the exact same way!
You have a good chance at seeing no lows below 16 C (60 F) all winter;
90% of the morning lows will probably be 19-22 C. (66-72 F)
From what I gather, you'd probably never see winter highs below 24 C... (75 F)
*I myself have never seen highs below 27 C (80 F) there, and that was after a rainy-spell.
However, you probably also have a 0% chance of seeing 35+ C. (95+ F)
Good chance that it will never pass 32 C, (90 F) if it reaches it at all. So as far as peak summer heat goes,
the coldest Melbourne summer is still probably better.
But you probably would probably prefer the typical day-to-day weather in the Virgin Islands' winter.
In the Virgin Islands winter, one is likely to see no mornings below 60 F (16 C)...
which means one can usually enjoy eating breakfast outdoors (I did! ) without any "warm clothing" needed.
In Melbourne,
SAB would be lucky to see a summer morning as "warm" as 60 F;
most summer mornings require sweaters and long pants.
In Melbourne,
SAB would be lucky to see a summer morning as "warm" as 60 F;
most summer mornings require sweaters and long pants.
Not "lucky", as summer dawns of 60F have a 1 in 2 chance of occuring ( as that's our average summer low, so technically 50% of mornings should be warmer than 60F - and vice versa).....however, summer dawns of 70F or more are definately in the "lucky" category
However you're right about warm clothing on summer mornings, many are not warm enough to be comfortable in summer attire, infact many summer days fail to exceed the low 70's aswell.
Some winter mornings are actually warmer than the coldest summer nights.
e.g. Last night, the LOW temp here was 12.9C (55F), which was warmer than 19 summer night lows (Dec 1 to Feb 28th) for summer '08/09. However, that figure includes one of the coldest Decembers on record, so to be fair, the figure would be closer to about 10-15.
Not "lucky", as summer dawns of 60F have a 1 in 2 chance of occuring ( as that's our average summer low, so technically 50% of mornings should be warmer than 60F - and vice versa).....however, summer dawns of 70F or more are definately in the "lucky" category
However you're right about warm clothing on summer mornings, many are not warm enough to be comfortable in summer attire, infact many summer days fail to exceed the low 70's aswell.
Some winter mornings are actually warmer than the coldest summer nights.
e.g. Last night, the LOW temp here was 12.9C (55F), which was warmer than 19 summer night lows (Dec 1 to Feb 28th) for summer '08/09. However, that figure includes one of the coldest Decembers on record, so to be fair, the figure would be closer to about 10-15.
One think I like about in most of the Caribbean a low of 16 C (60 F) is "freaky-cold" for them.
65+ F (18+ C) is much more "normal" In fact, the most typical winter morning low in much of the Caribbean is about 68-70 F (20-21 C)
*In essence, like a typical Brisbane day also would be in January...
only with even sunnier skies, perhaps lower humidity and only a slim chance of rain.
(albeit with about 11 hours of daylight, instead of 13.5 hours.)
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However, that figure includes one of the coldest Decembers on record, so to be fair, the figure would be closer to about 10-15.
