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While extreme high temperatures are more common inland than they are near the coast, notable extreme maxima have been observed near the coast; 50.7 °C at Onslow, 50.5 °C at Mardie, 49.9 °C at Nullarbor, South Australia, 49.8 °C at Eucla, South Australia and 49.5 °C at Port Augusta, South Australia. [104]
The former town of Aberfeldy averages 32.5 snowy days per annum at 1,060 metres (3,480 ft), [3] making it the snowiest locality in mainland Australia, in addition to having more snowy days than northern hemisphere cities with colder winters like Boston (23.0 days), Chicago (28.2 days) and even approaching those of Minneapolis (38.2 days).
The 2023 Australian Winter was the warmest on record, showing an average of 1.53 °C above the 1961–1990 average. [1] The winter began on June 22 at the winter solstice, and concluded with the September equinox on September 23. [2] The meteorological winter began on June 1, and finished on 31 August. [3]
Winters are cool with minimum temperatures dropping below 2 °C (36 °F) an average of 61 days a year. The coldest month is July, with an average temperature range of 2.2 °C (36 °F) - 12.5 °C (55 °F). The lowest recorded minimum at Launceston's current weather station, Ti Tree Bend was −5.2 °C (22.6 °F).
Windy day at Brighton Beach, 1904. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, Sydney falls in the temperate climate zone with warm to hot summers [a] and no dry season. [13] [14] Under the Holdridge Life Zones classification, coastal Sydney falls in the Subtropical Moist Forest zone and the inland, western suburbs in the Subtropical Dry Forest zone. [15]
Big storms are nothing new in North East. Gehrlein, who is 51 and has lived his entire life in the area, recalled Christmas Day 2017, when he said the borough was blasted by 5 feet of snow in one day.
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The average temperature in summer ranges from 12.5 to 21 °C with drier non-sea breeze days as warm as 27 °C, with around 16 hours of sunshine per day. In winter, temperature ranges from 6 to 13 °C, and only 8 hours of sunshine. Relative humidity averages over 60% for the year in the afternoon. Burnie averages 994 mm of rainfall per year.