Post by Lommaren on Aug 21, 2018 7:40:34 GMT -5
If people find Australia "too small a market" for an own thread, I could make this a worldwide thread, but I think Australia really is a special case.
The BoM really has a great range of statistics for all sorts of stuff. I thought this would be an interesting thread to dig up some really interesting stats, in particular about weather events in Australia. It really is a continent with some fascinating weather for sure.
For example: Melbourne Airport averages 10 days annually above 35°C in spite of an average high of 26.6°C. Simultaneously Melbourne has fallen beneath 14°C highs in all months of the year, while also recording a 30.5°C overnight low in January 2009.
A station near Canberra recorded a 2.6°C daytime high in June 2005 in spite of being not too elevated, at a quite low latitude in the Southern Hemisphere! At the same time already since 1996, the overnight low temps have been above 22°C in all months between November and February.
Alice Springs (!) has recorded a January daytime high of 16.2°C! At the same time, five months have seen overnight lows above 30°C in spite of the low humidity and far inland position. Tropical nights have been recorded in every single month in spite of the untropical-like conditions. While the July average low is 4°C, the warmest July night on record fell only to 20.2°C. While firmly a desert climate, the place is not immune to crazy tropical rainfall either. In March 1988, as much as 204 mm of rain fell in one single day! In a desert climate. As many as 2.4 days per annum see more than 25 mm rain fall in one day. The mean dew point at 3 pm in winter is below freezing, this in spite of it being in the middle of the tropics.
Since we do have a few Aussies here I thought this would be interesting since there are so many anomolies and crazy weather events in Australia. Reading this stuff never ceases to amaze me.
