Australia climate

Australia’s climate
By: Lisa Guzman

Beautifully surrounded by water giving it a tropical feel, Australia is a location that can be visited the whole year around.   

Living in Australia can involve sunbathing on the beach to knocking snow off your boots after a day of skiing, sweating out the humidity during the beginning of the wet season, to experiencing days of non stop rain.  Known as one of the largest continents, its ‘official’ calendar season is quite different that what some people know about. Even though the four 'official' seasons have the same names it is experienced in different months here in Australia.  

From December to February, known as the cold months in the United States and other parts in the world it is summer in this continent, a great place for people to go on ‘holiday vacation’ escaping the cold, in your casual clothes, sunglasses and hat.  For places like Western, Northern Australia and Queensland, it can get quite hot according to the travel Australia website so make sure to have your spf 30 to protect you from the sun.

While, spring is from September to November, a nice breeze and good weather is experienced.  From March to May autumn can be felt Australia, with not to high or to low temperatures.  Winter is from June to August, where it can be fairly cold; as for the Southern parts of Australia can get quiet cool, but making sure it still feels like winter.  

According to outback Australian travel, from May to October is a warm dry season and November to April is where the hot weather comes into play.  The wet seasons last about six months and can be from 30 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees due to humidity, the other six months in autumn and winter people experience the dry season.

For more specific locations and weather, the climates in remote areas of the outback in Australia are like literally day and night.  From being unpredictable, when the morning heat combines with the humidity a hot and dry day is ahead; plenty of fluids is advised due to the lost of moisture in your body, while the nights are very cold and warm blankets are in need.  It is not unusually to witness no rain for weeks and then all of a sudden a downpour and rainy days after rainy days.

For the east coast and south east of Australia, warm waters are felt, meaning a more pleasantly temperature, just how the tourist enjoy it, so much that is one of the most popular areas of this continent and the favorite for general tourist to visit.  

The further north you travel the warmer the weather becomes.  In the south and south west of Australia is described as ‘Mediterranean’; dry summers followed by mild and rainy winter, such as you would experience in a tropical island.  The southern coast undergoes very cold weather during the winters, especially since most of the wind is blowing form Antarctica.

One of the coldest locations in Australia is Tasmania, known for it’s about seven degrees Celsius.  Summers in Tasmania are mild, and temperatures rises as you move inland and the east coast becomes warmer compared to the west coast.
In average the temperature can range from high of 50 degrees Celsius to low of sub-zero according to culture and creation. The summers are hot, winters are cold and windy. 

Water is a precious resource to Australians; drought has been seen in this continent during the summers.  Bushfires also occur; low humidity and rainfall with high winds add to the out of control fires. And between November and April in the western and northern Australia cyclones has taken place.  

But as every location has its minor weather miss haves; hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean affecting some islands during hurricane season, tornados in some states in the United States, Australia is a great vacation spot to escape those cold winter days or for a new experience in weather, for the people who love adventure and seek out the different, Australia has it all temperature wise.