# Brrrrr...lunchtime and it's still only 12 degrees **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852 "2006-05-23T02:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/1 "2006-05-23T02:52:35Z")
It’s one of the coldest days we’ve had in Sydney for a while. And with the first cold day of the year the office is filled with the delightful perfume of mothballs from all of the coats and scarves that have been dragged out of cupboards. I’m going hunting for some hot soup! ---
**Author:** ![yBeayf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e274bd/32.png) [@yBeayf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yBeayf)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/2 "2006-05-23T03:04:48Z")
I was all set to go “Damn, that’s fairly chilly!” until I realized y’all use centigrade there, so that comes out to only 53 deg. Fahrenheit. It gets colder than that in Houston. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/3 "2006-05-23T03:17:52Z")
Yeah, stop whingeing. It’s about 10 here. (And I’m as warm as toast because I am wagging work, and haven’t done as much as stick my _nose_ outside the door yet). 😛 ---
**Author:** ![mrald](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mrald](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrald)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/4 "2006-05-23T03:34:36Z")
> [@yBeayf](#): > > I was all set to go “Damn, that’s fairly chilly!” until I realized y’all use centigrade there, so that comes out to only 53 deg. Fahrenheit. It gets colder than that in Houston. 😃😃 I keep it about 53 in my house! (BTW it is like 90 here in Arkansas today) ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/5 "2006-05-23T04:55:15Z")
> [@mrald](#): > > (BTW it is like 90 here in Arkansas today) I know! It got hot down here quickly, out of nowhere! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/6 "2006-05-23T05:03:59Z")
It was really frigid up here today, too–ten degrees Celsius tops, with windchill. What _is_ it with the weather? ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/7 "2006-05-23T05:05:50Z")
Funny, we’re having a bit of a cool snap up here in Oregon- it was around 90 and sunny for a couple weeks, now we’re down around 60 for a week or so. No end of frusterating at the end of my senior year when I should be skipping lots of classes to enjoy the nice weather. ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/8 "2006-05-23T09:47:06Z")
It’s the Ice Age! It’s begun! Quick, harvest the lumber and begin fattening the sheep! Seriously, tho, it was about 2 degrees overnight. It took tremendous force of will to drag myself out of bed. Seeing as it’s only May, i suspect my overcoat will get a workout this winter. ---
**Author:** ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/9 "2006-05-23T12:12:09Z")
Okay, let’s address my ignorance here. First, I’ve never been to Australia, and haven’t ever met anyone from there. However, I have seen documentaries about Australia, but apprently they’ve been rather one sided because it always seemed hot as Hades there. To hear of it getting cold (53 degrees F is a bit nippy)…well, that just strikes me as somewhat weird. I mean, what about the kangeroos and other wild animals–what do they do at 53 degrees? I’m assuming it doesn’t snow? Would this be correct? ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/10 "2006-05-23T12:19:34Z")
Australia is roughly the same size as the USA and has a variety of different climates. It does snow here and there but not like in Europe or the US. Check out the weather [here](http://www.bom.gov.au/) - from 13 to 32 tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/11 "2006-05-23T12:20:08Z")
It’s been raining for nearly two weeks in Montreal, and it’s damn cold. Hasn’t managed to get past 15C in a while. I haven’t been able to have lunch outside in ages. Bring back the SUN!! Please! ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/12 "2006-05-23T12:55:59Z")
> [@phall0106](#): > > Okay, let’s address my ignorance here. First, I’ve never been to Australia, and haven’t ever met anyone from there. However, I have seen documentaries about Australia, but apprently they’ve been rather one sided because it always seemed hot as Hades there. To hear of it getting cold (53 degrees F is a bit nippy)…well, that just strikes me as somewhat weird. I mean, what about the kangeroos and other wild animals–what do they do at 53 degrees? I’m assuming it doesn’t snow? Would this be correct? Just to give an example of what **Don’t Ask** is talking about, Broome, which is in the north west of Australia, had a maximum yesterday of 32° C (90° F), and a minimum overnight temperature of 19° C (66° F.) These temperatures are normal for this time of year, indeed, we are all going around rubbing our hands together and saying, “brrrrrr bit chilli last night wasn’t it?” It certainly doesn’t snow up here, but there are snowy mountains further south (some are called the Snowy Mountains following the great Australian tradition of mundane descriptive names, our neighbours blue heeler dog is called “Blue”, the family across the road have a jack russell called “Jack”, and our neighbours had some visitors recently with a jack russell called, wait for it, “Jack” - I mean, even “Russell” would have been slightly more imaginative :).) ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/13 "2006-05-23T13:14:53Z")
My birthday is in July, which means I am a summer baby. It’s really strange to think that, if I had been born in Australia, I would have been born in the dead of winter rather than the heat of summer. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/14 "2006-05-23T13:20:04Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > My birthday is in July, which means I am a summer baby. It’s really strange to think that, if I had been born in Australia, I would have been born in the dead of winter rather than the heat of summer. Would ya be a polar bear then? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/15 "2006-05-23T13:24:50Z")
> [@Mr Bus Guy](#): > > Would ya be a polar bear then? 😛 Interestingly enough, while I was at that clothing optional campground this weekend, I got called “Polar Bear” cause of all the gray hair on my head, in my beard, on my chest and in umm… other places. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/16 "2006-05-23T16:51:46Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Interestingly enough, while I was at that clothing optional campground this weekend, I got called “Polar Bear” cause of all the gray hair on my head, in my beard, on my chest and in umm… other places. That’s something that’s been bothering me for a while. My head hair and body hair? Totally different colors. Even my facial hair is sort of in-between the two. How do other people match? ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brrrrr-lunchtime-and-its-still-only-12-degrees/357852/17 "2006-05-24T13:36:15Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > Interestingly enough, while I was at that clothing optional campground this weekend, I got called “Polar Bear” cause of all the gray hair on my head, in my beard, on my chest and in umm… other places. I believe that you have to be on the \*inside \* of the campground before people quit calling you names. hh