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Post by greysrigging on Mar 14, 2022 1:34:06 GMT -5
A cool temperate rain forest region in southern Victoria ( south west of Melbourne ) in the Otway Ranges. Now this place doesn't have a fancy Wikibox with eyecatching colours, but the hard climate stats are pretty self explanatory to me.... lol Put it this way...I doubt one needs to spend much money on sunscreen products ! The former member whose name cannot be mentioned would know substantially more than I re the climate drivers of this place, suffice to say that cold frontal westerlies dominate the region, the weather is extremely changeable at all times of the year. Although it is the wettest region in Victoria, during El Nino years and times of drought, severe and life threatening bushfires impact the region, notably in 1983 and 2009. Oh and for all you West Coast/PNW afficionados out there, well there are some large stands of California Redwoods that were planted before WW2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redwoods_of_the_Otway_Ranges       The BOM stats/data Rainfall  Max Temps  Min Temps  And, just to reinforce the vagaries of the summers in southern Victoria, and Weeaproinah in particular, check out the summers in 1992 and 2009   www.melbourneplaygrounds.com.au/otway-fly-treetop-walk-weeaproinah |
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Post by Beercules on Mar 14, 2022 1:45:25 GMT -5
F Cold, wet, overcast, summerless mould factory. The daily obs are pure AIDS.  |
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Post by Steelernation on Mar 14, 2022 20:19:34 GMT -5
Of course this got buried by certain members spamming years old threads.
Anyway it’s a godawful climate, F.
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 15, 2022 5:03:02 GMT -5
Of course this got buried by certain members spamming years old threads.Anyway it’s a godawful climate, F. Let's not have this City-Data attitude. Nothing wrong with keeping the half-dead forum alive! Anyway, E+ |
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 15, 2022 5:05:51 GMT -5
Btw, its climate data is found in the Great Otway National Park article: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Otway_National_Park The place fits in Southern England, minus the record highs and heavy rainfall! Absolutely gross anyway. Beautiful location though:  |
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Post by jgtheone on Mar 15, 2022 5:10:41 GMT -5
Using 1992 is cheating, lol.
Anyway, I'll give it an E. It's hot garbage but not quite an F.
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Post by desiccatedi85 on Mar 15, 2022 6:35:03 GMT -5
C-. Nice rainy winters but much too cool in spring/summer,
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Post by Steelernation on Mar 15, 2022 11:02:14 GMT -5
Let's not have this City-Data attitude. Nothing wrong with keeping the half-dead forum alive! If you wanted to make new rate the climate threads, by all means go ahead, that would be great! But gravedigging years old threads that many people have already responded to isn’t very interesting and just burries the few actual new threads. I, for one, have been turned off making rate the climate threads because it could just get buried under 30 old threads at any time and barely anyone would reply. |
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 15, 2022 18:29:52 GMT -5
Let's not have this City-Data attitude. Nothing wrong with keeping the half-dead forum alive! If you wanted to make new rate the climate threads, by all means go ahead, that would be great! But gravedigging years old threads that many people have already responded to isn’t very interesting and just burries the few actual new threads. I, for one, have been turned off making rate the climate threads because it could just get buried under 30 old threads at any time and barely anyone would reply. I've made a few new rate the climate threads before, but I was told that they exist. So that kinda threw me off. But to be fair, only very few new threads are created here. Of course, we should always bump newer threads. I'll try to make that happen. |
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Post by chesternz on Mar 15, 2022 19:59:22 GMT -5
E. Really nasty, like taking a cold shower for most of the year. I'll bet they never even get snow or storms. The only good point is the occasional summer heatwaves. PNW is better than this - they at least have dry summers with consistently warm days.
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 15, 2022 20:32:57 GMT -5
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Post by MET on Mar 15, 2022 22:06:25 GMT -5
C+ I'd like milder winters.
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Post by chesternz on Mar 16, 2022 2:25:45 GMT -5
Ah that surprises me. But, yes, seeing as the record lows are barely below freezing I wouldn't be expecting much of a snowpack  I'll bet they get a ton of muddy slush every winter, even worse |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 16, 2022 4:00:48 GMT -5
Ah that surprises me. But, yes, seeing as the record lows are barely below freezing I wouldn't be expecting much of a snowpack I'll bet they get a ton of muddy slush every winter, even worse  Not enough altitude, the snow stays around a bit more above 900m in southern Vic eg Mt Donna Buang at 1240m asl is the closest snowfield to Melbourne about 90klm to the East. |
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Post by Ethereal on Mar 17, 2022 0:56:27 GMT -5
I take it that their winters are pretty stable, and their summers rather are very changeable (like most of SE Australia). |
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Post by greysrigging on Mar 17, 2022 1:34:10 GMT -5
^^ Winters on the Victorian south west coast are still subject to the frontal westerlies Spring, Summer and Autumn the changeability is more pronounced and there are larger temp fluctuations in these seasons. Even in winter, a 'blocking' Tasman high can produce 'stable' weather in winter for up to a week or more before another Southern Ocean/Indian ocean cold front moves through. media.bom.gov.au/social/blog/2391/the-art-of-the-chart-how-to-read-a-weather-map/ |
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Post by caspase8 on Mar 17, 2022 5:50:09 GMT -5
C-. Anemic temperatures year round but the high precipitation is great, although there are a few too many precipitation days in winter. Snow and summer thunderstorms are also not too common I presume. This climate almost looks like a bastardisation of my dream climate.
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Post by jgtheone on Mar 18, 2022 3:27:35 GMT -5
C-. Anemic temperatures year round but the high precipitation is great, although there are a few too many precipitation days in winter. Snow and summer thunderstorms are also not too common I presume. This climate almost looks like a bastardisation of my dream climate. There's always some storms around that area in summer. Whenever I've checked the radar on days where storms are forecast, 9 times out of 10 I'll see something around the Otways and Geelong. |
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Post by caspase8 on Mar 18, 2022 5:52:40 GMT -5
I didn't think the southwestern/windward parts of the Otways were that prone to summer storms. That's still not enough for me to increase my rating though.
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Post by CRISPR on Feb 23, 2024 17:50:25 GMT -5
E+, assuming 1900 hours of sunshine. Far too wet with drizzle, and too cool. Likely stunning views though.
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