Anywhere out of range of the influence of the ocean - so for NSW, anywhere past the dividing range. I mean, somewhere like Bowral or Goulburn definitely have 4 seasons and are probably much like Tasmania. As you go further inland there are still definite seasons, but the transition periods (spring, autumn) are perhaps shorter ie you go from freezing cold to high summer with not much in between.alakaboo wrote:How far inland, ctd?
And why?
Sydney is basically summer, then less hot for 6 months, then summer again. Actually, I suppose 'technically' it has seasons; but Sydney and most of the coast has such mild winters that it doesnt feel like there are seasons because you just have warm (winter) then hot ('spring') then hotter (summer) - and the summers arent particularly hot either (see Wagga or Canberra below - Sydney doesnt get as hot nor as cold). Unless you are having sub zero nights, it doesnt feel much different - the minimum 'base' of winter is too warm to make it feel like there is a real change.
Oddly Sydney has as much variation as Hobart over the year, but becuase Hobart's winter is much colder, it feels like there are seasons.
If you can grow bulbs, then you have seasons.
Mean Max Bowral 25.3 24.3 22.3 19.2 15.4 12.3 11.6 13.3 16.3 19.1 21.4 23.9
Mean Max Sydney 26.1 26.0 24.9 22.4 19.7 17.2 16.7 18.1 20.3 22.3 24.1 25.5
Mean max Wagga 31.7 30.8 27.6 22.5 17.3 13.8 12.7 14.5 17.7 21.5 25.8 29.4
Mean max Canberra 28.0 27.1 24.5 20.0 15.6 12.3 11.4 13.0 16.2 19.4 22.7 26.1
Mean Max Hobart 22.5 22.3 20.7 18.1 15.2 12.9 12.5 13.5 15.3 17.3 19.0 20.7
SWVIC: snowed on Christmas Day in Canberra once and in 2006 in Melbourne at Christmas