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View Poll Results: Climate battle
Melbourne 6 26.09%
Portland 0 0%
Mildura 4 17.39%
Wodonga 8 34.78%
Falls Creek 5 21.74%
Voters: 23. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 02-16-2012, 10:42 PM
 
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The state of Victoria, Australia

Based on climate, where would you prefer to live?

Melbourne - Temperate

Portland - Mediterranean

Mildura - Semi-arid

Wodonga - Subtropical

Falls Creek - Continental


Imperial data

Melbourne
Spoiler
58 / 79 / 1.9
59 / 78 / 1.9
56 / 75 / 2.0
51 / 69 / 2.3
47 / 62 / 2.2
44 / 57 / 1.9
43 / 56 / 1.9
44 / 59 / 2.0
46 / 63 / 2.3
49 / 67 / 2.6
52 / 72 / 2.4
55 / 76 / 2.3

50 / 68 / 25.6"

Portland
Spoiler
55 / 71 / 1.4
56 / 71 / 1.3
54 / 69 / 1.7
51 / 65 / 2.5
48 / 61 / 3.5
46 / 57 / 3.9
44 / 56 / 4.3
44 / 58 / 4.2
46 / 60 / 3.4
48 / 63 / 2.7
51 / 66 / 2.1
52 / 69 / 1.8

49 / 64 / 32.6"

Mildura
Spoiler
62 / 90 / 0.9
62 / 89 / 0.9
67 / 83 / 0.8
50 / 74 / 0.7
45 / 66 / 1.0
41 / 60 / 0.9
40 / 60 / 1.0
41 / 63 / 1.0
45 / 69 / 1.1
50 / 75 / 1.2
55 / 82 / 1.0
59 / 86 / 1.0

51 / 75 / 11.5"

Wodonga
Spoiler
59 / 89 / 1.7
60 / 88 / 1.5
55 / 83 / 1.9
48 / 73 / 2.0
42 / 62 / 2.6
39 / 57 / 3.1
38 / 55 / 3.2
40 / 58 / 3.1
42 / 64 / 2.5
47 / 71 / 2.8
51 / 78 / 1.9
56 / 83 / 1.9

48 / 72 / 28.2"

Falls Creek
Spoiler
47 / 64 / 4.2
47 / 63 / 3.9
43 / 58 / 3.4
37 / 49 / 3.2
33 / 43 / 3.5
29 / 37 / 5.6
27 / 34 / 3.1
27 / 36 / 3.4
30 / 40 / 5.0
35 / 48 / 4.7
40 / 54 / 5.3
43 / 59 / 4.1

37 / 49 / 49.7"
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Old 02-16-2012, 10:46 PM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Falls Creek for me
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Old 02-16-2012, 10:53 PM
 
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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Wodonga.
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Old 02-16-2012, 11:26 PM
 
Location: New Jersey
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Falls Creek
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Old 02-16-2012, 11:49 PM
 
Location: Melbourne AUS
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Firstly, you should use 1981-2010 data as it's up to date and more relevant to weather we actually get these days, secondly, why did you tag these as "spoilers", and thirdly, Portland is about as Mediterranean as the Shetland Islands.

Mildura for me by far.
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Old 02-17-2012, 02:58 AM
 
Location: Eastern Sydney, Australia
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For a "big" city - Melbourne mainly for it's prolonged spells of cloudy weather and Falls Creek comes second.
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Old 02-17-2012, 04:24 AM
 
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Originally Posted by Flight Simmer View Post
Firstly, you should use 1981-2010 data as it's up to date and more relevant to weather we actually get these days, secondly, why did you tag these as "spoilers", and thirdly, Portland is about as Mediterranean as the Shetland Islands.
1. Every station I used is still in continuation. Some stations don't have many years of temp data, but I checked them with comparable sites and there isn't much of a difference. I did post links, so there's nothing stopping anyone from looking for more specific data. I prefer full data as it includes all the wet and dry periods.

2. There's a lot of data there. I didn't want it to be too big, and I thought that with spoilers if a person can quickly rule out a climate then they can hide it and then concentrate on the other climates.

3. Portland is mediterranean. The driest month gets less than a third of the wettest month and gets less than 40mm.
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Old 02-17-2012, 05:20 AM
 
Location: Buxton, England
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Mildura looks the best for me.

"Falls Creek" makes my hometown look positively tropical.... bleugh.
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Old 02-17-2012, 07:24 AM
 
Location: USA East Coast
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Falls Creek is way too cold (all year)….Portland has no real summer…and Melbourne is too cool in the summer and has too many cloud days.

I would go with Wodonga or Mildura. Both have a decent amount of warm months, not too much rain, and good sun hrs. I’ll go with Wodonga; perhaps the greater precip would make for a little more greenery
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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Falls Creek looks miserable, Portland is comfortable but doesn't really have a summer. Mildura is too arid.

So that leaves Melbourne and Wodonga. Wodonga's averages look very nice, especially in the summer, so I'll go with Wodonga.
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