The Riviera of the South
As a kid I wondered why adults always talked about the weather, how boring. Now that I’ve grown up and work for the Bureau of Meteorology, I realise it’s even more boring than I ever could have imagined.
Strap in, here’s a little bit of information on the weather at Davis station. Commonly known as the Riveria of the South, we have high temperatures, low winds and beautiful sunny days … relative to the rest of the continent.
We’ve had record low precipitation this year. A total of 36.4 ml, 50% below average for Davis station, and about the same as Gympie had last Thursday.
There’s a blizzard going on at the moment, 60 knot winds whipping around handfuls of snow and volcanic grit. Imagine driving down the highway, your AC is set to −35 and you stick your head out the window just as a truck full of ice plows into a pile of aggregate. But those at Mawson station, where 90 knot winds are not uncommon, will tell you that’s a walk in the park!
We have months where the sun doesn’t rise, and months where the sun doesn’t set. We even had a day where the sun set twice, first on our hopes and then on our dreams.
The average minimum temperature for August was −28, and yet mum still complains to me about the ‘cold snap’ they’re having on the Mid North Coast of NSW.
Anyway, that’s enough words from someone who don’t write good. I had ChatGPT write the first draft but it used too many big words, and I’m no English Lit major.
Stay warm,
Josh
