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It is high summer in Melbourne during January and February, a typical day is warm and sunny with a freshening sea breeze arriving from the south in the afternoon. A few days are cool and cloudy, a maximum temperature below 20ºC being recorded about once a week. There are always hot days and the year's highest temperature of about 40ºC is usually recorded during these two months. Some of the hot days are accompanied by an unpleasant north wind, which can be quite strong. Mostly there are only one or two hot days in a row. Occasionally hot weather may continue for three or more days, when the daily appearance of that cool refreshing, north bound sea breeze in the afternoon, becomes that day’s most welcome visitor. The year's warmest night, with a minimum temperature of about 24ºC, is also recorded during these two months. Hot weather normally ends with an abrupt cool change when the mercury may fall by 10ºC in only twenty minutes. Some of these changes are dry and arid; showers and thunderstorms accompany others. High levels of humidity create discomfort on very few days, mostly towards the end of a hot spell. It is not uncommon for a fortnight to pass without rain. On occasions prolonged heavy rain can fall.

MARCH
March is a transitional month between summer and autumn. Hot weather can be experienced in the first fortnight, when the month's highest temperature of about 35ºC is usually recorded; it may well be accompanied by a strong northerly wind during the day. The hot weather usually comes to an end with a sharp wind change to the southwest and a rapid fall in temperature. Humidity is uncomfortable on about one day only. Many days are mild and sunny although some days are cool and cloudy. A maximum temperature below 20ºC is recorded about twice a week. The afternoon sea breeze is not near as strong as in mid-summer. Nights are noticeably cooler than in the preceding month. Towards the end of March, it is quite common for the overnight temperature to fall below 10ºC on one or two occasions. The month is fairly dry however prolonged heavy rain, falls occasionally.

APRIL
April is a pleasant month, often with spells of fine sunny weather lasting several days during which the temperature occasionally exceeds 25ºC. Every second year 30ºC is exceeded. The nights are quite cool with temperatures falling below 10ºC several times a week. Once in every five years an overnight minimum temperature below 5ºC is recorded. Fog occurs during the early morning on a few occasions but clears to a sunny day. There are usually several days of strong wind; mostly from the north but the average wind speed of 9 kilometres per hour is the lowest of any month. Prolonged heavy rain falls occasionally. In April 1960, 172 mm fell within three days. On the other hand, April 1923 is the only rainless calendar month on record.
http://www.melbourneaustralia.org/climate-weather

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Melbourne's only colder months are May to August.
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Another report from Melkbourne folks :D . I'm currently in the business lounges being fed while I await my flight home. I must say the business lounges here are 3 or 4 notches below the class of the sydney lounges but meh, atleast the folk in here arent sweating like pigs. Whilst reading the age this morning I noticed that the AFL and marngrook footy is barely noticeable on the back few pages. On the contrary the NRL is dominating all sports in the age! Wow! It's also all the buzz on the news and yes I know the AFL comp is yet to start but it really is lovely to see this city embrace and love its NRL. With their eyes wide open one would still find it difficult to even know the NAB cup is on down here :lol:

Reporting live from the deep isolated south,
KE :salute:
Isnt it amazing KE that the NRL get a 4 weeks head start on the AFL, with no competition from the coutries premier sport.

Yet within weeks it is swallowed by the rampaging AFL competition which starts right off the bat with 80k watching Carlton and Richmond =D>

Thats about half the NRLs opening round attendances covered in one game :lol:
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Whilst reading the age this morning I noticed that the AFL and marngrook footy is barely noticeable on the back few pages. On the contrary the NRL is dominating all sports in the age! Wow! It's also all the buzz on the news and yes I know the AFL comp is yet to start but it really is lovely to see this city embrace and love its NRL. With their eyes wide open one would still find it difficult to even know the NAB cup is on down here :lol:
That's strange. When I check out the front pages of the Melbourne press today I see AFL not NRL and as for the Age, looks like a lot of AFL coverage compared to the one page of NRL well back from the back from the back page.

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Xman wrote:
It is high summer in Melbourne during January and February, a typical day is warm and sunny with a freshening sea breeze arriving from the south in the afternoon. A few days are cool and cloudy, a maximum temperature below 20ºC being recorded about once a week. There are always hot days and the year's highest temperature of about 40ºC is usually recorded during these two months. Some of the hot days are accompanied by an unpleasant north wind, which can be quite strong. Mostly there are only one or two hot days in a row. Occasionally hot weather may continue for three or more days, when the daily appearance of that cool refreshing, north bound sea breeze in the afternoon, becomes that day’s most welcome visitor. The year's warmest night, with a minimum temperature of about 24ºC, is also recorded during these two months. Hot weather normally ends with an abrupt cool change when the mercury may fall by 10ºC in only twenty minutes. Some of these changes are dry and arid; showers and thunderstorms accompany others. High levels of humidity create discomfort on very few days, mostly towards the end of a hot spell. It is not uncommon for a fortnight to pass without rain. On occasions prolonged heavy rain can fall.

MARCH
March is a transitional month between summer and autumn. Hot weather can be experienced in the first fortnight, when the month's highest temperature of about 35ºC is usually recorded; it may well be accompanied by a strong northerly wind during the day. The hot weather usually comes to an end with a sharp wind change to the southwest and a rapid fall in temperature. Humidity is uncomfortable on about one day only. Many days are mild and sunny although some days are cool and cloudy. A maximum temperature below 20ºC is recorded about twice a week. The afternoon sea breeze is not near as strong as in mid-summer. Nights are noticeably cooler than in the preceding month. Towards the end of March, it is quite common for the overnight temperature to fall below 10ºC on one or two occasions. The month is fairly dry however prolonged heavy rain, falls occasionally.

APRIL
April is a pleasant month, often with spells of fine sunny weather lasting several days during which the temperature occasionally exceeds 25ºC. Every second year 30ºC is exceeded. The nights are quite cool with temperatures falling below 10ºC several times a week. Once in every five years an overnight minimum temperature below 5ºC is recorded. Fog occurs during the early morning on a few occasions but clears to a sunny day. There are usually several days of strong wind; mostly from the north but the average wind speed of 9 kilometres per hour is the lowest of any month. Prolonged heavy rain falls occasionally. In April 1960, 172 mm fell within three days. On the other hand, April 1923 is the only rainless calendar month on record.
http://www.melbourneaustralia.org/climate-weather

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Melbourne's only colder months are May to August.
:lol: I'm sorry but its all relative my dear Xman. In terms of 'Australia' (yes Xman the wider nation in which you are isolated but still live in) melbournes weather is chilly as I've highlighted in Xmans lovely article. Below 20 in summer on a weekly basis for example :lol:

Just ask any melbournite without the rose shades folks and you'll find the truth. Cold, damp and cloudy for most of the year. :cool:
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Xman wrote:
It is high summer in Melbourne during January and February, a typical day is warm and sunny with a freshening sea breeze arriving from the south in the afternoon. A few days are cool and cloudy, a maximum temperature below 20ºC being recorded about once a week. There are always hot days and the year's highest temperature of about 40ºC is usually recorded during these two months. Some of the hot days are accompanied by an unpleasant north wind, which can be quite strong. Mostly there are only one or two hot days in a row. Occasionally hot weather may continue for three or more days, when the daily appearance of that cool refreshing, north bound sea breeze in the afternoon, becomes that day’s most welcome visitor. The year's warmest night, with a minimum temperature of about 24ºC, is also recorded during these two months. Hot weather normally ends with an abrupt cool change when the mercury may fall by 10ºC in only twenty minutes. Some of these changes are dry and arid; showers and thunderstorms accompany others. High levels of humidity create discomfort on very few days, mostly towards the end of a hot spell. It is not uncommon for a fortnight to pass without rain. On occasions prolonged heavy rain can fall.

MARCH
March is a transitional month between summer and autumn. Hot weather can be experienced in the first fortnight, when the month's highest temperature of about 35ºC is usually recorded; it may well be accompanied by a strong northerly wind during the day. The hot weather usually comes to an end with a sharp wind change to the southwest and a rapid fall in temperature. Humidity is uncomfortable on about one day only. Many days are mild and sunny although some days are cool and cloudy. A maximum temperature below 20ºC is recorded about twice a week. The afternoon sea breeze is not near as strong as in mid-summer. Nights are noticeably cooler than in the preceding month. Towards the end of March, it is quite common for the overnight temperature to fall below 10ºC on one or two occasions. The month is fairly dry however prolonged heavy rain, falls occasionally.

APRIL
April is a pleasant month, often with spells of fine sunny weather lasting several days during which the temperature occasionally exceeds 25ºC. Every second year 30ºC is exceeded. The nights are quite cool with temperatures falling below 10ºC several times a week. Once in every five years an overnight minimum temperature below 5ºC is recorded. Fog occurs during the early morning on a few occasions but clears to a sunny day. There are usually several days of strong wind; mostly from the north but the average wind speed of 9 kilometres per hour is the lowest of any month. Prolonged heavy rain falls occasionally. In April 1960, 172 mm fell within three days. On the other hand, April 1923 is the only rainless calendar month on record.
:lol: I'm sorry but its all relative my dear Xman. In terms of 'Australia' (yes Xman the wider nation in which you are isolated but still live in) melbournes weather is chilly as I've highlighted in Xmans lovely article. Below 20 in summer on a weekly basis for example :lol:

Just ask any melbournite without the rose shades folks and you'll find the truth. Cold, damp and cloudy for most of the year. :cool:
so one day a week justifies a comparison to cold cloudy England?

England rarely get above 30 degrees. Melbourne would spend half the summer above 30.
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King-Eliagh wrote:
Whilst reading the age this morning I noticed that the AFL and marngrook footy is barely noticeable on the back few pages. On the contrary the NRL is dominating all sports in the age! Wow! It's also all the buzz on the news and yes I know the AFL comp is yet to start but it really is lovely to see this city embrace and love its NRL. With their eyes wide open one would still find it difficult to even know the NAB cup is on down here :lol:
That's strange. When I check out the front pages of the Melbourne press today I see AFL not NRL and as for the Age, looks like a lot of AFL coverage compared to the one page of NRL well back from the back from the back page.

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Herald sun eh? I dont have that one in front of me. The age though I think is the well more respected paper and it's abandoned AFL and taken on the NRL today. =D>
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Beaussie wrote:
King-Eliagh wrote:
Whilst reading the age this morning I noticed that the AFL and marngrook footy is barely noticeable on the back few pages. On the contrary the NRL is dominating all sports in the age! Wow! It's also all the buzz on the news and yes I know the AFL comp is yet to start but it really is lovely to see this city embrace and love its NRL. With their eyes wide open one would still find it difficult to even know the NAB cup is on down here :lol:
That's strange. When I check out the front pages of the Melbourne press today I see AFL not NRL and as for the Age, looks like a lot of AFL coverage compared to the one page of NRL well back from the back from the back page.

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http://www.frontpagestoday.co.uk/austra ... spaper.cfm
Herald sun eh? I dont have that one in front of me. The age though I think is the well more respected paper and it's abandoned AFL and taken on the NRL today. =D>
oh no!!

KE destroying one of the NRLs long held excuses for poor growth outside NSW and QLD, poor media coverage!

Well done KE. Thanks for your assistance =D> =D>
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Yep the people of melb and theirmedia love their nrl. You heard it right here from ke reporting in melb
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Yep the people of melb and theirmedia love their nrl. You heard it right here from ke reporting in melb
Ah no, despite media attention in Melbourne which NRL fans deny exists, the storm are completely ignored by Victorians

Cheers KE :cool:
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35k to the season opener, with the two biggest clubs in NSW. there must of been traffic jams and horrendous weather

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that'd be news to the Bulldogs ... Dragons, Tigers, Knights & Parramatta :-k

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Which one of those clubs has had the highest average crowd of any NSW team for 18 years straight? :wink:
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so one day a week justifies a comparison to cold cloudy England?

England rarely get above 30 degrees. Melbourne would spend half the summer above 30.
As I said Xman its all relative...i know a difficult concept for you to grasp. But fact is melbourne weather is much much closer to the foggy damp drizzly grey England than it is to the rest of the grand ol sunburnt country they call oz. Deal with it bro :wink:
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so one day a week justifies a comparison to cold cloudy England?

England rarely get above 30 degrees. Melbourne would spend half the summer above 30.
As I said Xman its all relative...i know a difficult concept for you to grasp. But fact is melbourne weather is much much closer to the foggy damp drizzly grey England than it is to the rest of the grand ol sunburnt country they call oz. Deal with it bro :wink:
So now its about whos closer....... :lol: :lol:

Well Sydney is closer than the NT! Poor Sydney siders with dull freezing weather :cry: :cry:

Oh and well done for ignoring Tasmania :lol:
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So you're telling me and everyone you deny melbourne weather is dull, cold, grey and rainy in comparison to sydney? :?>

Ahhh ok man. Whatever ya reckon champ :lol: :lol: :lol:
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So you're telling me and everyone you deny melbourne weather is dull, cold, grey and rainy in comparison to sydney? :?>

Ahhh ok man. Whatever ya reckon champ :lol: :lol: :lol:
In summer for sure :roll:

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/ ... 6071.shtml

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/ ... 6062.shtml

Melbourne has similar summer averag temps to Sydney

Melbourne has less rain, less rainy days, less cloudy days, more sunshine hours..

Anything else I can help you with? :cool:
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King-Eliagh wrote:
So you're telling me and everyone you deny melbourne weather is dull, cold, grey and rainy in comparison to sydney? :?>

Ahhh ok man. Whatever ya reckon champ :lol: :lol: :lol:
In summer for sure :roll:

:lol: One quarter of the year. :lol:

Thanks Xman the jury's out on this one. KE's statement is fact.
melbourne weather is dull, cold, grey and rainy in comparison to sydney
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A valiant try there Xman. But defending melbournes weather was never gunna get ya nowhere pal. :lol:
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