What is the weather like at Christmas in Australia?

Answer 1

Australia is a huge country, and subject to great variety of climatic extremes, even in the middle of summer, which is when Christmas falls in Australia. It depends on where you are. The weather at Christmas is usually within the range of very warm to even hotter.

In the north, the weather is very hot and humid, and December is one of the months when cyclones may hit, anywhere along Queensland's central coast, north through the Gulf country and over to the northwestern coast of Western Australia. The city of Darwin was devastated by a cyclone on Christmas Day 1974.

In the south, Christmas is prime bushfire time, when temperatures can be excessively hot, and dry as well.

Central Australia is also very hot and dry during this time.

Tasmania and other regions of southern Australia can fluctuate quite widely, from cool and pleasant to hot and dry.

Answer 2

Because Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, Christmas occurs during the season of summer. Therefore. Over much of Australia, Christmas is very hot. Apart from Tasmania, where the temperatures can vary from a hot 30 degrees Celsius to a very cool 15 degrees Celsius, the rest of the nation can experience hot and dry weather, with the threat of bushfires, or hot and humid weather, with severe storms. Cyclones can often occur around Christmas time in the far north.

Answer 3

Christmas falls during Summer in Australia, as the seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere compared to the northern hemisphere. Thus, temperatures can be very hot, particularly in the south or in central Australia, where summers are very hot and dry, sometimes reaching 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) or higher for many days at a time. In the north, temperatures are slightly cooler - anything up to about 33 degrees Celsius - but the climate is more humid. However, these temperatures are by no means definitive - there have been many, many very pleasant Christmas Day temperatures throughout Australia.

Answer 4

in australia the average temp. is 99 degrees in winter.

Answer 5

Very hot, mid 80's Fahrenheit.