Ok read this weather report. In Canberra we had a -4.4 on 27th May and a - 6.8 on 28th May 2023 in Tuggeranong in the south of Canberra. Which is not far from Corin Forest in the mountains where it snows in winter. I don’t remember what the temperature was in previous years in May but it isn’t usually this cold.
Snow in Canberra in 7th May 2023. Yet the article doesn’t mention the temperature. I was freezing all day even with the heating on.
My family moved down to Canberra in 1995, at that time we were advised to get the ducted gas heating installed by February because it gets very cold here and it’s not unusual to see a flutter of snow in September down here. The old saying is, four seasons in one day, and they aren’t wrong. The first week in February we had the gas heating installed and there was frost on the grass, so that was in February 1996. Then of course the weather gradually changed, heading into drought which is normal in Australia.
I occasionally have the heating on early in the mornings to warm the house by mid April because it can be quite chilly. Many locals stick by the tradition of not wearing a coat or putting the heating on until ANZAC Day (25th April). That’s a big Yeah, Nah to me, if it’s cold enough I put the heating on earlier. This year it’s on early before ANZAC Day, but because it’s so expensive to run the gas heating system we have the reverse cycle units on from early April.
Now this other weather article below (4th June) comes out today and tells us it’s a warm start to winter. Oh yeah? In what alternate universe would that be? Depending on the idiots that write the articles this can vary between reality and bulls**t. It’s winter already, we just got a lull in the temperature temporarily this week with mild overnight temperatures. It was still only 12 Celsius a few days ago for the top day time temperature. Then we had some warmer days.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-unseasonably-warm-start-to-winter-for-australias-east-coast/e0a3513c-e1cc-4c5e-b513-171f859b2667 Today, 4th June 2023
Warm start to winter, did this jurno miss the memo from the beginning of May? 🤣🤣 Remember the weather doesn’t start on a particular day in reality. The 1st of June, is the official start, nature doesn’t work that way. However the equinox to mark the start is 21of March of autumn and winter in the southern hemisphere and the start of spring and summer is on 23rd September. Weather cycles are always variable we just roll with it.
This is a screenshot from the ACT weather chart, look down low on the left side to see 27 & 28 May. Now this doesn’t cover every single suburb just where the weather station is located. You get the weather app telling you the actual temperature in your suburb and that is where I got the temperature in my suburb which I have posted at the top of this page. Global warming 🤣🤣🤣
