Who likes summer? - Page 2

Wavytone · #21 28-01-2018, 10:50 AM

I loathe the humidity in Sydney. The last few nights have been terrible - only 27 but 85% hunidity.

Dry heat is ok by me.

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #22 28-01-2018, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Atmos

Clear warm nights aren’t bad at all, being dressed for winter when it’s 30°C outside and still being bitten by dozens of mosquitoes isn’t as much fun

Hint: don't move to Queensland

Some - all - of my best planetary data has been gleaned while wearing long sleeved shirts, long pants and snow boots, with sweat running off my forehead like a waterfall...because I'm being pushed out of my design specs i.e. it's warm and humid

Atmos (Colin) · #23 28-01-2018, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Camelopardalis

Hint: don't move to Queensland

Some - all - of my best planetary data has been gleaned while wearing long sleeved shirts, long pants and snow boots, with sweat running off my forehead like a waterfall...because I'm being pushed out of my design specs i.e. it's warm and humid

10 years ago I went to Vietnam two months before the wet season (30+ every day and 70-85% humidity) and have been to QLD to during July (probably he best time) and decided many years ago that I'd NEVER live in Queensland

I'd say that anyone living up north this time of year is properly crazy

pjphilli (Peter) · #24 28-01-2018, 12:48 PM

I am surprised at the number of people who appear to dislike summer.
I live in a NW suburb of Sydney which has "moderate" weather.
I am not a fan of summer especially with daylight saving which means that I cannot commencing imaging before about 9.30pm and the presence of humid sea breezes which makes for lots of dew and not so good viewing.
Great night sky though with lots of imaging around the Orion region.
My favorite seasons would be Autumn and Spring.
Wherever you may live in Australia, it is still the best place in my opinion.

LewisM · #25 28-01-2018, 02:16 PM

Lived in Moscow and Siberia for a while...kind of love knee deep snow

First night in Moscow 14 years ago it was -40°. LOVED LOVED LOVED it, especially coming from a QLD +40° humid summer. Being well insulated naturally helps

FlashDrive (Poppy) · #26 28-01-2018, 03:19 PM

Don't like it at all,especially the humidity ... heat knocks me around too much... I can get very irritable if too hot and humid.

I'm glad the car has aircon' ( so has the house ) ....I have lots and lots of trees in my back yard which provides ' tons ' of shade

I prefer the ' cool ' weather ...I'm easy to get on with then ...

You see why I use my Scope out the front ...

Pop...

Tropo-Bob (Bob) · #27 28-01-2018, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Atmos

10 years ago I went to Vietnam two months before the wet season (30+ every day and 70-85% humidity) and have been to QLD to during July (probably he best time) and decided many years ago that I'd NEVER live in Queensland

I'd say that anyone living up north this time of year is properly crazy

I worked for a company, which would have southern visitors in winter. They never missed a chance to tell us that we are living in paradise.

However, some had to come back in January. They went through heat, floods and 2 cyclone scares within 2 weeks. It was paradise lost: They then said you're living in hell, how do U stand it?

Camelopardalis (Dunk) · #28 28-01-2018, 04:59 PM

Yeah Brisbane is somewhere in between...literally

Much more stable than the south - none of those dodgy 40+ degree days followed by a 20-something - and less oppressive than the north, and reduced risk of catastrophe. The daily max rarely rises or falls by more than a couple of degrees, not just from day to day but month to month. Similarly at night, although in summer it sometimes doesn’t feel like it drops much...for this time of year, we have air conditioning

All but Jan/Feb are bearable. I’m at the point where I feel the cold in the Brisbane winter now though

doppler (Rick) · #29 28-01-2018, 05:45 PM

Here in Mackay aka central QLD we just catch the bottom edge of the monsoon and the top edge of whatever is happening down south. The weather here seems to be a lot milder the past couple of years, no random wild storms, the only weather warnings have been from cyclones a couple of times in the last decade. The southern weather seems to be having a stronger influence here than the northern monsoon. The weather might be milder but the clouds seem to be more persistent though.

The Mekon (John Briggs) · #30 28-01-2018, 07:16 PM

I hate summer and cannot wait for the cooler weather, Summer where I live often means nice blue skies that give way cloudy skies every evening as the air pushes moisture up over the escarpment. Very frustrating!
Ten there are the mosquitos which I have trained myself to detect biting me so I can swat them. Then it is not truly dark until 2130 and I am tired. I could go on............................

Wilso · #31 28-01-2018, 07:22 PM

-1 for Summer for me.
Two + weekends of oppressive heat in South Australia is enough!
My front grass is like crispy fried chicken and the plants struggle without water.
Perfect weather in Adelaide is definetly Autum and Spring, less heat, wind and nice amount of rain. Reasonably clear sky's as well!!

mynameiscd (Andy) · #32 28-01-2018, 07:30 PM

Same here
Pretty well outside work every day with stone and mud.
So after a hot day its a bit hard to get off the couch and go outsde and sweat with the mossies.
But after you do it, its all worth it.
Well thats the mantra I keep going in my head.
Bring on Autumn.

gaseous (Patrick) · #33 28-01-2018, 07:35 PM

Wouldn't say I "hate" summer, but as a paleskin that burns under a full moon through heavy curtains, it doesn't have much to recommend it. It also means that it's normally nudging 8.00pm before full dark, which is a nuisance for people that like to hit the hay early.