Sydney shivered by way of a colder morning than Melbourne on Tuesday, regardless of the 2 cities recording the identical temperature.
Each cities recorded 7.6C at 7.30am on Tuesday – however in Sydney, it felt close to freezing.
It’s because the obvious temperature, or “feels like” temperature, in Sydney was 0.6C at the moment whereas in Melbourne it was 5.3C.
The Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury stated wind and humidity had been usually the principle influences on the “feels like” temperature.
“In Melbourne we had winds of 9km/h at that time, and in Sydney we had 28km/h at that time … which made it feel so much fresher in Sydney this morning,” she stated.
Melbourne technically hit a decrease temperature than Sydney on Tuesday morning, however solely simply. Town hit its in a single day low of 6.8C at 8.30am, with a “feels like” temperature of 4C.
In Sydney, the in a single day low was 6.9C at 3.40am, however the “feels like” temperature dropped under zero.
“It was -0.4C, so actually feeling close to zero at that time, even though it was 7C,” Bradbury stated.
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Bradbury stated it was common for Sydney to have colder winter mornings than Melbourne, relying on the climate techniques.
Throughout the day, humidity tends to be extra of a consider influencing the “feels like” temperature than it’s in a single day, Bradbury stated.
“A 28C day that’s humid in Sydney feels significantly different to a 28C day that has a nice breeze coming off the water,” she stated.
The chilly morning got here after the BoM warned of very chilly in a single day lows anticipated to stay till Friday or Saturday. Daytime temperatures would return to common by about Wednesday.
Sydney’s “feels like” temperature dropped to 1.2C at about 1pm on Monday, as excessive wind speeds gave a biting edge to the precise temperature of 13C.
On the Victorian ski subject of Mount Hotham, the mercury sat at an exceptionally chilly -8.8C on Monday, the coldest July morning in 34 years, in line with Weatherzone’s Andrew Miskelly.
