For those that doubt it is freezing in Australia...

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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    81, why you only checking Sydney temps?
    Try Melbourne and Hobart.

    http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/94868.html

    something is screwy...that station reports 8c as of a minute ago

    weird.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,216
    pjfan31 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    7.2 is freezing.. .for me anyway... all relative to what we are used to... what are your summers like.. Celsius?

    Melbourne is much colder and miserable on many different levels :lol:


    today it's suppose to be 26c which is nice. sunday and monday are suppose to be 38c which is way to hot for me.


    38 is decent... would it hit that regularly? summer we reach into 40s...
    with what humidity levels? midwest USA usually in the high 80% or higher range. high heat + low humidity = not as bad as the other
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  • Drowned Out
    Drowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    81 wrote:
    put some salt on the runways

    Do you believe us now?
    We never exaggerate here or whinge, we are tough as us Aussies.
    lmfao.....-8C? Tough?....Put on a sweater man :lol: I understand that it's not what you're 'used to'...but you don't even need winter clothing for -8C, a couple layers of normal clothes is enough to keep you pretty warm at those temps...
    I always have to chuckle a little at how paralyzed some places get by a bit of snow and cold-ish weather. It even happens here in Canada - Vancouver shuts down when it snows, and Toronto calls in the army...to be fair to TO, they do get hammered with REAL winter storms, unlike Van...or anywhere in Australia.
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    It has now dipped to minus 0 here.
    :lol: That cracked me up :)
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    81 wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    81, why you only checking Sydney temps?
    Try Melbourne and Hobart.

    http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/94868.html

    something is screwy...that station reports 8c as of a minute ago

    weird.

    Forget these USA based sites, use the Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology site.
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    I love a sunburnt country,
    A land of sweeping plains,
    Of freezing winter blizzards
    Of ragged mountain ranges,
    Of drought and flooding rains,
    I love her far horizons,
    I love her jewel sea,
    Her beauty and her terror -
    The wide brown land for me.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    pjfan31 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    7.2 is freezing.. .for me anyway... all relative to what we are used to... what are your summers like.. Celsius?

    Melbourne is much colder and miserable on many different levels :lol:


    today it's suppose to be 26c which is nice. sunday and monday are suppose to be 38c which is way to hot for me.


    38 is decent... would it hit that regularly? summer we reach into 40s...

    it tops out at just over 40. i would say we get 3-5 days a year at 38 plus or minus a degree. the longest streak of days above 32 was 26 days back in the 1950's. normally we hit 32+ for a a few days to a week and than it cools off.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    To quote the legendary Slim Dusty song "White Desert"

    "for snow falls on our outback, and the pub is where I shall drink a beer to keep me warm untill a sunny day"
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    So we get a bit hotter... summer we'd reach low 40s, mid to high 30s for most of summer
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    edited July 2011
    pjfan31 wrote:
    So we get a bit hotter... summer we'd reach low 40s, mid to high 30s for most of summer


    in the chicago area yes, if you go to vegas or phoenix low 40's is very common


    if you go to san francisco you'd be lucky to hit 24
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    pjfan31 wrote:
    I love a sunburnt country,
    A land of sweeping plains,
    Of freezing winter blizzards
    Of ragged mountain ranges,
    Of drought and flooding rains,
    I love her far horizons,
    I love her jewel sea,
    Her beauty and her terror -
    The wide brown land for me.

    I love that poem, truly beautiful and it paints our harsh and beautiful climate so perfectly.
    I remember we had to memorize this poem in primary school.
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    81 wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    So we get a bit hotter... summer we'd reach low 40s, mid to high 30s for most of summer


    in the chicago area yes, if you go to vegas or phoenix low 40's is very common


    Do they get cold winters too? I guess Vegas is desert yeah? Nevada or something? so that would get could too if I am not mistaken
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    pjfan31 wrote:
    81 wrote:
    pjfan31 wrote:
    So we get a bit hotter... summer we'd reach low 40s, mid to high 30s for most of summer


    in the chicago area yes, if you go to vegas or phoenix low 40's is very common


    Do they get cold winters too? I guess Vegas is desert yeah? Nevada or something? so that would get could too if I am not mistaken


    chicago almost always drops to below -17c and as low as about -23. january avg is -4.7

    vegas doesn't get anywhere near that cold. average high is 17 and average night is 1

    if you go to someplace like North Dakota (middle of the US by canada) it's plenty colder. :lol:
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Too cold for my liking, this blizzard is bad enough and it is a rare event.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Too cold for my liking, this blizzard is bad enough and it is a rare event.

    let's see a picture of your "blizzard"

    i like winter. cold weather only bothers me when it starts to get cold and when it starts to warm. makes my knee's ache for a couple of days.
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    81 wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    Too cold for my liking, this blizzard is bad enough and it is a rare event.

    let's see a picture of your "blizzard"

    i like winter. cold weather only bothers me when it starts to get cold and when it starts to warm. makes my knee's ache for a couple of days.

    You're lucky I took this photo late this afternoon, there is way in hell I am going outside now to take a photo.

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/blizzardw.jpg/
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    You're lucky I took this photo late this afternoon, there is way in hell I am going outside now to take a photo.

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/blizzardw.jpg/


    so you drive on the left side of the road and park on the right......
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    81 wrote:
    Thoughts_Arrive wrote:
    You're lucky I took this photo late this afternoon, there is way in hell I am going outside now to take a photo.

    http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/96/blizzardw.jpg/


    so you drive on the left side of the road and park on the right......

    I always park with my car facing the other way, that way I don't have to do a U turn every time I want to head towards the freeway.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    you're so full of shit with "your" picture :lol:
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  • JTH
    JTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    81 wrote:
    you're so full of shit with "your" picture :lol:
    Aye. Shoulda done this with it to make it somewhat believable.
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
    Johnny Abruzzo Philly Posts: 12,540
    Blizzard of '96 - 30 inches - in USA.

    Quit your damn whining down there - it says 41 degrees in Melbourne. We would kill for that in January. Then basically somewhere around 60 the next 10 days. You call that a winter! :roll: :lol:
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