weather down under

I think it's all the fault of El Ninja

from my 43yrs of living fairly close to you , I would say you are describing very typical australian weather.

land of droughts and flooding rains...

heard that before?

Yeah it's been pretty weird. Not sure if there has been a spring yet.

Yes!

I was just commenting on the weather due in tomorrow. We have a 36 degree day here in Adelaide.

Thirty six! And it's not even Summer yet, Summer starts in December!

I think it's to do with the sun. I used to spend a lot more time outdoors but the sun is noticeably hotter these days. You really burn hard in direct sunlight. You'd have be a fool to spend all day in the sun.

I also think the weather forecasters or government is in on a conspiracy by fudging the forecast numbers, promising rain and cooler weather just around the corner. Which never comes.

I mean, who would want to live in such a shitty climate? I'm seriously considering moving. I cannot handle another filthy hot summer like the one we had last year. Weeks of weather over 35 degrees celcius. Sometimes as hot as 48 degrees celcius.

Add to that, high electricity and water costs, water restrictions and a world leading skin cancer tally, this state is fucked.

They are fudging the numbers and the forecast. Because nobody in their right mind would voluntarily move here.

Last Edited by Crankgorilla on 11/03/2012 04:02 AM

Land of the droughts and flooding rains. But nothing about widly flactuating temps though. We had snow on the coast only about a month ago. Snow on the coast in late spring???
I just cant remember that being normal. May be I not remembering rignt. I am only 41 but I have heard of early onset of senility.

42 years old and far from typical.

Two years ago I had a fire going on Xmas day because it was 20*C (down from 40*C the day before).

And a week later the same thing happened.

Last summer many outback NSW towns did not have one day above 40*C throughout summer.

We recently had two very wet years back to back (happened once before in 73/74).

Winter this year has pretty much been from late April to November.

So it is not typical.

We have been told in Perth that this summer is going to be a scorcher. Yeah I know what you mean, it's 19 degrees here today but not long ago it was 36 degrees. I'm going through the worse hay fever I've ever experienced too.

don't move to uk then lol

we ain't even had a summer this year.

Geo-engineering ?

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It's well worth taking the time to watch and send on to others.

The wet years are still perfectly in pattern, but there should have only been 1 wet year in 2010, and not a follow up in 2011.

The next big wet should be in 2030 (going by the patterns of the last 130 odd years).

I do not have access to temperature records so I cannot be sure if they are really so unusual.

Sorry for your messed up weather. I hope to visit Australia someday. Looks like a beautiful country.

my weather down under here is wet right now, hot and sticky with a big load just being released, probably more where that came from tonight

Ahh sweet rain in south east QLD after weeks of dry scorching heat. Its about normal, 2 years ago it was flooding here.

Ahh sweet rain in south east QLD after weeks of dry scorching heat. Its about normal, 2 years ago it was flooding here.

Me and my old lady are coming there within the next couple of years. We may just stay. Much in the way of rentals there?

Hv to agree with op. The plants are confused. My hydrengea started flowering mid-end winter. I live in melbourne.

hiya yep, trees are a bit confused(last 3 years) ive one that never dropped all its leaves in autumn, stayed like that all winter and now its got half last years half dead leves and sprouting this years new leaves at the same time.
My dog has been half molting all year round for two years(another good way to judge seasonal things if you have pets that molt).

vic here, friday it was raining and i had my winter clothes on and the fire going, now im in summer stuff, with the outside blinds down.

well weathers fine down here in hell ;)

Sounds like the spring we had here in NE United States. In Virginia we had flowers blooming in February. My area did not get any snow either; we usually get at least a few inches each year.

Yes. But don't forget we are coming out of years of drought. It will take a while for the weather to settle down. I've noticed that the nights still have a chill in the air, where this time of year you can feel that warmth of summer coming.

Yes depends what city you go to. price of realestate is high though.