Cold weather in Australia

Celsius 10 Fahrenheit 50 - freezing

Celsius 15 Fahrenheit 59 - just about freezing

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zonavar68 · 56-60, M

I'm near Newcastle (Oz not UK) in Toronto (Oz not Canada). Morning temps a few degrees above zero C. I do not have any heating currently (until I get very old reverse cycle AC replaced with a new unit) so house gets progressively colder from about 3 pm until midnight, then a gradual loss of heat out of the building until about 6.30 am when the air begins to warm again.

A nice fully cold dry winter means we will have a fully hot dry summer at the end of the year with temps in the 40 C + range on the hottest days. Yay!

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@zonavar68
Do you suffer in 40°?

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Ferise1 Dry heat in 40+ temps is fantastic. Wet heat (high humidity) in those temps is not.

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@zonavar68 right. I don’t know if I’ve ever had dry heat. I think here it’s humid because I’m by a lake.

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Ferise1 Dry to me is relative humidity 30 pct or less. Usually if we get that a lot in a dry summer it's big bushfire weather.

nedkelly · 61-69, M

@zonavar68 I am around 30mins from you

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@zonavar68 is it a dry heat in Sydney or the Gold Coast?

zonavar68 · 56-60, M

@Ferise1 Gold coast is in QLD so about 800 to 900 km north of Sydney. The climate is noticably more tropical there. Sydney it varies a lot but east cost weather patterns are affected a lot by the great dividing range that acts as a 'blocker'. I've lived in Sydney and you go from very moist right near the coast to baking hot/dry in the west of sydney.

Ferise1 · 46-50, M

@zonavar68 okay I lived near the beach so it was probably humid. Same for the Gold Coast.