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Southern Hemisphere - Australian Climate
By Carole | July 3, 2008
Gold Coast Climate
Our minimum and maximum temperatures would average around 7 to 24 degrees in winter. In spring they can be about 10 to 26 and in summer it gets quite hot. During mid summer it is not unusual to experience overnight temperatures as high as 22 and daily maximums average low to mid thirties, although it is not unusual for us to have two or three days a year in the low 40s. Autumn is my favourite time of year, the nights average a pleasant 12 – 15 and the days about 26 degrees. Ours is a temperate to sub-tropical climate with dry winters and wet summers. It is important for readers to note that the Gold Coast is in the Southern Hemisphere. Therefore readers in the Northern Hemisphere will need to add six months to a specific month quoted in the body of the newsletter to correspond with the same climate. I try to refer to seasons as much as possible but I am sure there are times when I forget.
Below is a conversion chart:
MONTH SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
January Mid Summer Mid Winter
February Late summer Late Winter
March Early Autumn Early Spring
April Mid Autumn Mid Spring
May Late Autumn Late Spring
June Early Winter Early Summer
July Mid Winter Mid Summer
August Late Winter Late Summer
September Early Spring Early Autumn
October Mid Spring Mid Autumn
November Late Spring Late Autumn
December Early Summer Early Winter
Therefore when it is winter in Australia is will be summer in the northern hemisphere.
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