The Weather Thread

[rented tracksuit]

Just had a doozy of a storm come through, lightning, thunder , heavy rain, wind and hail And now it's all over.

They are the best ones!

[rented tracksuit]

That's a huge difference between 27 and 9. Well I've had enough of the cold weather for now. I generally prefer winter to the scorching hot summers we get these days, but it's been an especially long and cold winter this year. Still I think I'd prefer winter here to where you are - a whole new level of cold I'd say!

Trust me. I’ve lived in some very cold places and although Canberra doesn’t officially get as cold as those places, there is something about Canberra that can make it feel like the coldest place on earth.

I’ve never been able to understand it but at times, it can be bone chilling yet other places o/s can be 10 degrees colder but not feel the same.

[mightyrooster]

Trust me. I’ve lived in some very cold places and although Canberra doesn’t officially get as cold as those places, there is something about Canberra that can make it feel like the coldest place on earth.

I’ve never been able to understand it but at times, it can be bone chilling yet other places o/s can be 10 degrees colder but not feel the same.

Well that’s nice to know.

[rented tracksuit]

Well that’s nice to know.

Just try sitting out at a 7.30pm game at GIO I’m the middle of July/August. It’s one of the only places my toes have felt like we’re going to snap off! They actually sting from the cold!

[rented tracksuit]

Only just hit 5 here at 2.30pm. Sunday looks to be pretty special at only 3!

[Andrew Walker]

Trust me. I’ve lived in some very cold places and although Canberra doesn’t officially get as cold as those places, there is something about Canberra that can make it feel like the coldest place on earth.

I’ve never been able to understand it but at times, it can be bone chilling yet other places o/s can be 10 degrees colder but not feel the same.

It’s wind chill factor I think Now on the same note My Father who grew up in Poland during the war told me the coldest place that he had ever been to on earth was Singleton when they came to Australia after the WW2

On the flip side having lived in UK for a few years one of the hottest days I ever experienced was in Leeds 28 degrees sounds crazy but having always lived near the coast I had never experience dry heat like that also seeing id been living there for a while I had become acclimatised to UK weather

[rented tracksuit]

It’s wind chill factor I think Now on the same note My Father who grew up in Poland during the war told me the coldest place that he had ever been to on earth was Singleton when they came to Australia after the WW2

On the flip side having lived in UK for a few years one of the hottest days I ever experienced was in Leeds 28 degrees sounds crazy but having always lived near the coast I had never experience dry heat like that also seeing id been living there for a while I had become acclimatised to UK weather

Those really cold nights at GIO were pretty much windless. It just chills through to your bones.

[mightyrooster]

Just try sitting out at a 7.30pm game a I’m the middle of July/August. It’s one of the only places my toes have felt like we’re going to snap off! They actually sting from the cold!

Yep you’re not wrong. Or watching the kids play netball or soccer at 9:00 on a Saturday morning in the middle of July. Standing on the dewy, wet grass with a minus 6 degree wind chill factor blowing from the south! Those were the days.

[mightyrooster]

It’s wind chill factor I think Now on the same note My Father who grew up in Poland during the war told me the coldest place that he had ever been to on earth was Singleton when they came to Australia after the WW2

On the flip side having lived in UK for a few years one of the hottest days I ever experienced was in Leeds 28 degrees sounds crazy but having always lived near the coast I had never experience dry heat like that also seeing id been living there for a while I had become acclimatised to UK weather

I’m the opposite as I’ve spent most of my life living inland in rural NSW and the ACT. So I’m used to dry hot heat. I don’t particularly like it but I’m used to it. So whenever I go to Sydney I can’t cope with the humidity. It’s so sticky, slimy and unpleasant.

[horrie hastings]

I’m the opposite as I’ve spent most of my life living inland in rural NSW and the ACT. So I’m used to dry hot heat. I don’t particularly like it but I’m used to it. So whenever I go to Sydney I can’t cope with the humidity. It’s so sticky, slimy and unpleasant.

Growing up in Sydney in the 60's and 70's i don't really remember a lot of humidity, it was more of a dry heat then especially when we used to spend a lot of times out at friends in Casula .If there was any humidity it would have only been Jan - Feb but now the humidity starts in October and hangs around till April, so unpleasant, i'm just glad i have air conditioning at home.

[rented tracksuit]

Yep you’re not wrong. Or watching the kids play netball or soccer at 9:00 on a Saturday morning in the middle of July. Standing on the dewy, wet grass with a minus 6 degree wind chill factor blowing from the south! Those were the days.

I remember them well. The footy fields on Drakeford Dr in Kamba. They always played the under 8s at sparrows fart and it was brutal watching the games. That wind you speak of would come straight off the snow covered Brindies.

[horrie hastings]

Sunny here today but a cool breeze, currently 19 C but suppose to get to 23 C, not quite a beach day but be nice for a walk somewhere later. Did have a bit of rain over night as the road and the garden beds are wet this morning.

[mightyrooster]

I remember them well. The footy fields on Drakeford Dr in Kamba. They always played the under 8s at sparrows fart and it was brutal watching the games. That wind you speak of would come straight off the snow covered Brindies.

For us it was Wanniassa playing fields and the Netball courts at Calwell were especially bad - the ones on the grass where the under 10's played!

[horrie hastings]

Very unpleasant here today, its warm but the wind is severe, no beach today, had a bit of rain around 11.30 pm last night and some more around 5 am this morning.

[mightyrooster]

Very ordinary weather here today too. Very strong and annoying gusty winds, with on and off showers throughout the day. It’s also been very unpleasant hayfever weather too.