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Does that place record the highest average dewpoints in Oz?
I could handle that.
Sweers Island can be nuts. It's a tiny low lying island surrounded by 32-33C waters.
Here is November 2008 - look at the 9am and 3pm columns with the temps and RH values. Plug those into a dewpoint converter and you have some serious humidity. November seems to be the worst month, just before the onset of the wet season. December is perhaps a tiny bit hotter, but with slightly less humidity. Jan and Feb are cooler, comparable to Darwin in terms of temp and dewpoint.
Sweers Island, Qld - November 2008 - Daily Weather Observations (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/200811/html/IDCJDW4114.200811.shtml - broken link)
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/200812/html/IDCJDW4114.200812.shtml (broken link)
Cape Don in the NT is another nutter of a place.....dewpoints above 27C are routine there October thru till April.
The highest overnight lows in Australia can be found at Cockatoo Island in the Kimberelys....average lows are above 27C for 5 months of the year. Don't know what the dewpoints are as there is no AWS there.
Sweers Island can be nuts. It's a tiny low lying island surrounded by 32-33C waters.
Here is November 2008 - look at the 9am and 3pm columns with the temps and RH values. Plug those into a dewpoint converter and you have some serious humidity. November seems to be the worst month, just before the onset of the wet season. December is perhaps a tiny bit hotter, but with slightly less humidity. Jan and Feb are cooler, comparable to Darwin in terms of temp and dewpoint.
Sweers Island, Qld - November 2008 - Daily Weather Observations (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/200811/html/IDCJDW4114.200811.shtml - broken link)
Sweers Island, Qld - December 2008 - Daily Weather Observations (http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/dwo/200812/html/IDCJDW4114.200812.shtml - broken link)
Cape Don in the NT is another nutter of a place.....dewpoints above 27C are routine there October thru till April.
The highest overnight lows in Australia can be found at Cockatoo Island in the Kimberelys....average lows are above 27C for 5 months of the year. Don't know what the dewpoints are as there is no AWS there.
Neat stats!
I like how the lowest reading in a month is 24 C, yet the highest is "only" 36.7 C.
One of those reports for Sweers Island said 30.5 C with 93% humidity at 3 pm and calm winds.
That definitely sounds "steamy."
Cape Don? I'm surprised I've never heard of it before...
Cockatoo Island, WA doesn't have a weather station yet?
Aren't you a meteorology student? You should build a weather station there.
Cape Don, a peninsula north of Darwin has already recorded a 27.8C dewpoint a few days ago.
I forgot that for Darwin tourism, they consider May-Sep the "Dry Season".
So I suppose a dewpoint of 27.8 C this early could catch some tourists off guard.
(dewpoints at 24+ C to me feel like the "should" be associated with somewhat cloudy or rainy weather. )
I like how the lowest reading in a month is 24 C, yet the highest is "only" 36.7 C.
One of those reports for Sweers Island said 30.5 C with 93% humidity at 3 pm and calm winds.
That definitely sounds "steamy."
34.5C with 85% humidity at 3pm on the 24th, that equals a DP of 31.6C !
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Cape Don? I'm surprised I've never heard of it before...
It's not exactly NYC
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Cockatoo Island, WA doesn't have a weather station yet?
Aren't you a meteorology student? You should build a weather station there.
34.5C with 85% humidity at 3pm on the 24th, that equals a DP of 31.6C !
It's not exactly NYC
No I'm not a met student.
That's what I'd call "extreme" humidity.
I know a fair bit about Australian geography and I've never been there;
I'm a bit of a geography/climate buff... especially climates warmer than Canada's.
I like to read about them when our weather's lousy. (daydreaming of an escape )
Really? I remember you were in "uni" though... What are you studying?
I know a fair bit about Australian geography and I've never been there;
I'm a bit of a geography/climate buff... especially climates warmer than Canada's.
I like to read about them when our weather's lousy. (daydreaming of an escape )
Same here......hence the creation of Saab Island lol
Now, dewpoints of 30C have been known to occur on Saab Island, and some of the offshore Islands are warmer than Cockatoo Island.
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Really? I remember you were in "uni" though... What are you studying?
I was but flunked it. One of the subjects in mycourse was computer programming, and well, that is impossible and extremely boring and tedious. Computer programming is worse than death.
Same here......hence the creation of Saab Island lol
Now, dewpoints of 30C have been known to occur on Saab Island, and some of the offshore Islands are warmer than Cockatoo Island.
I was but flunked it. One of the subjects in mycourse was computer programming, and well, that is impossible and extremely boring and tedious. Computer programming is worse than death.
Going back to studying next year though.
I'm not quite sure if comfort-wise I would have great difficulty with "extreme" humidity,
but it would make chips (crisps) go "rubbery" VERY fast,
plus it'd probably make a lot of ordinary tasks quite difficult.
Computer programming worse than death? lol.
I know what you're talking about.
Do you think your concentration would improve while studying in a warm/hot climate?
I find I study better outdoors when it's at least 22 C; I'm not distracted by my cool/cold frustrations.
23C too hot? For Aussies???
The more weird thing is many people SHIVER at that temp at NEARBY lowland Java!!! (I like that temp though, about ideal for indoor).
23C may be a bit warm for Canberreans in September. In that month the average temperature is 16C with 3C lows. Still it's an over-exaggerated news story. Canberra experiences hot summers, so its inhabitants wouldn't have to worry about 23C "heat".
The OP is "galaxyman" or "full overcast cold" (the melbourne guy)
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