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Old Sep 26th 2010, 10:47 am
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Originally Posted by alistairboyle
Oh that that were true...the reason it's been so cold here in the back blocks of Vic this winter is that humidity has been VERY high along with low temps. I'm very sad and have a weather station. We've been having prolonged spells of 90 + humidity, with clear, star lit skies.
Humidity is higher at night though...especially if it's cold and there is dew.

What I was meaning though is that there is an oft quoted 'typical' Brisbane summer of 35C + 90% humidity...tall tales in IMO.
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Old Sep 26th 2010, 11:03 am
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Average 3pm relative humidity and temperature in Brisbane in summer is around 27C and 58%.

Sydney is around 24.5C and 61%, Melbourne is just under 24C and around 48%.

Cairns is around 30C and 66%, Darwin is around 30.5C and close to 70%.

If you convert those figures to dew points (the temperature at which the air becomes saturated), which takes temperature and humidity into account and is a better measure of how oppressive a place is;

Brisbane= 18C
Melbourne= 12.4C
Sydney= 16.5C
Cairns= 23C
Darwin= 24.4C

So Darwin is the most oppressive place in summer, a little ahead of Cairns which is significantly worse than Brisbane. Brisbane is a little worse than Sydney and Melbourne on average is the least oppressive place.

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Old Sep 26th 2010, 12:07 pm
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Default Re: What's the Temperature where you are now?

Originally Posted by ProudVIC
Average 3pm relative humidity and temperature in Brisbane in summer is around 27C and 58%.

Sydney is around 24.5C and 61%, Melbourne is just under 24C and around 48%.

Cairns is around 30C and 66%, Darwin is around 30.5C and close to 70%.

If you convert those figures to dew points (the temperature at which the air becomes saturated), which takes temperature and humidity into account and is a better measure of how oppressive a place is;

Brisbane= 18C
Melbourne= 12.4C
Sydney= 16.5C
Cairns= 23C
Darwin= 24.4C

So Darwin is the most oppressive place in summer, a little ahead of Cairns which is significantly worse than Brisbane. Brisbane is a little worse than Sydney and Melbourne on average is the least oppressive place.
You should add Brisbane's 3 other summers in the list for a fair comparison...we have 4 after all
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Originally Posted by PaulandNic
Oh dear, gonna hate me even more now ...

12.55pm

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And an hour south we didn't get over 23. That tin foil around your garden certainly bumps up the temp.
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Originally Posted by PaulandNic
Another pic of temp as i'm sure some people think I make this up:

Originally Posted by moneypenny20
And an hour south we didn't get over 23. That tin foil around your garden certainly bumps up the temp.
I even took the electricity usage meter out in the garden as it has a thermo on it and it showed over 30.

Three can't be wrong, altho reckon you've got a dodgy thermo if it didn't go over 23 down there ...
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Originally Posted by PaulandNic
I even took the electricity usage meter out in the garden as it has a thermo on it and it showed over 30.

Three can't be wrong, altho reckon you've got a dodgy thermo if it didn't go over 23 down there ...
If it had been higher, I would have changed out of jeans and jumper The sun was only shining for a couple of hours.
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Originally Posted by PaulandNic
I even took the electricity usage meter out in the garden as it has a thermo on it and it showed over 30.

Three can't be wrong, altho reckon you've got a dodgy thermo if it didn't go over 23 down there ...
I'm convinced she lives on the side of a Gold Coast hinterland mountain under some thick shady rainforest canopy....she is always freezing on days I think are quite pleasant in Brisbane Am I close moneypenny?
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Originally Posted by fish.01
I'm convinced she lives on the side of a Gold Coast hinterland mountain under some thick shady rainforest canopy....she is always freezing on days I think are quite pleasant in Brisbane Am I close moneypenny?

Gold coast - tick
hinterland - no tick
mountain - not really, big bloody hill though
thick shady rainforest canopy - definitely no tick

However, we're at the top of a long high ridge and from speaking to friends who live down the hill, we definitely have our own climate here. Only 8 minutes from the beach. I also rarely get hot, even in high summer I can have goose pimples
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Default Re: What's the Temperature where you are now?

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

Gold coast - tick
hinterland - no tick
mountain - not really, big bloody hill though
thick shady rainforest canopy - definitely no tick

However, we're at the top of a long high ridge and from speaking to friends who live down the hill, we definitely have our own climate here. Only 8 minutes from the beach. I also rarely get hot, even in high summer I can have goose pimples
Oh well, I got the Gold Coast right

"even in high summer I can have goose pimples" - that is one magic street - might pm you for the address so I can park outside in high summer
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Originally Posted by fish.01
Oh well, I got the Gold Coast right

"even in high summer I can have goose pimples" - that is one magic street - might pm you for the address so I can park outside in high summer
Feel free, but the rest of the family consider me a joke so it's a personal magic, not a street one
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Originally Posted by bcworld
Humidity is higher at night though...especially if it's cold and there is dew.

What I was meaning though is that there is an oft quoted 'typical' Brisbane summer of 35C + 90% humidity...tall tales in IMO.
I have to agree with you. Singapore feels like its about 300% all the time but it is the THI which is very high. When I lived in the States, when the temp was 80F and the humidty 80%, that was apparantly about as bad as it gets.
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Just ticked over to 25 degrees now.

Sun is shining too.
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Originally Posted by bcworld
Still waiting for 20C, didn't quite make it yesterday - 138 days and counting. It's nice today - think we might get there!
Humph....didn't last long!
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Was 28C in Pimpama earlier @ 11.15am

Currently 26.5C on the coast as we speak.
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Originally Posted by PaulandNic
Was 28C in Pimpama earlier @ 11.15am
But don't take my word for it, thermo is prob faulty ...







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