What type of climates are found in Australia?

Answer 1

There is a great deal of variety within Australia's climate. Most of the continent lies within the temperate zone, but northern Queensland and the Top End of the Northern Territory experience a tropical and sub-tropical climate, with monsoonal rains and cyclones during the summer. By contrast, Tasmania and parts of Victoria can experience both very cool summer temperatures, then sudden jumps to extreme heat.

It is also very dry throughout southern Australia in summer - as witnessed through the tragic bushfires that killed over 170 in Victoria (February 2009). Australia experiences droughts for long periods of time, and associated heatwaves. Yet, at the same time people were losing their lives and homes in Victoria, others along the northern coast of Queensland were losing their homes to floods, with the promise of even more rain to come. Brisbane and regions north along the eastern side of the Great Dividing Range are prone to sudden thunderstorms in summer. Inconsistency is the catchword in Australia - for example, Melbourne and southern Victoria can easily switch from hot and dry one day to cold and wet the next.

Very few places in Australia experience snow, compared to the size of the continent. In Winter, snow falls in the Alpine regions of New South Wales and Victoria, and sometimes even in the central tablelands of NSW, near the Blue Mountains and Orange. Tasmania experiences some snow, as does Canberra, less frequently.

See the related links for more details. One of the links contains information from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology.

Answer 2

The main climate types in Australia are:

• Equatorial (most northern tip of Australia)
• Tropical
• Grassland
• Sub-tropical
• Desert
• Temperate (both warm temperate and cool temperate)

See the related link below for a map of Australia's climate types.

Answer 3

There is no average temperature. In Summer it can range from 20 degrees Celsius (or sometimes less in Tasmania) to 40 degrees Celsius during the day, if there is a heatwave.

Winter temperatures can range from below 10 degrees Celsius in Tasmania, and as low as 2 or 3 degrees celsius in the Australian Alps to around 30 degress Celsius in the far north.

Answer 4

The climate varies from tropical wet during the summer in the north, to quite cold moving into the highlands of the southern area in winter. Most of the eastern coast experiences a temperate climate, which is often warm to hot and humid during summer, and very pleasant and dry during winter.

Towards the south-east end are the Australian Alps, and they have an alpine and sub-alpine climate.

Answer 5

The climate in Australia depends on the region. The central part of Australia is desert climate. Other areas of the country experience a more temperate climate.

Answer 6

It varies from arrid to tropical, as with any continent.

Answer 7

Tropical, Subtropical and Temperate.

Answer 8

warm