Saturday, July 14, 2012

Temperature Ranges

Why is the range of Perth temperatures more extreme in summer than in winter? In the cooler months, the typical range is between 17 degrees and 23 degrees. But summer days can vary between 25 degrees and 40 degrees.

My uninformed guess is that the Indian Ocean and its very constant temperatures acts as a source of heat in winter that doesn't allow us to cool too far. Thus we have a lower bound.

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