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| Climate and Time Zones in Australia |
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| Scroll down for information about Climate in Australia, Time Zones in Australia, Daylight Saving in Australia |
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The weather in Australia is generally pleasant without extremes in temperatures. There are 2 broad climatic zones – about 40% of the country is north of the Tropic of Capricorn and is in the tropical zone; the remaining areas lie in the temperate zone. However due to Australia’s vast size there are variations within these broad zones. The tropical zone has 2 seasons, summer ‘wet’ (Nov – Apr) and winter ‘dry’. The temperate zone has 4 seasons – Spring (Sep-Nov), Summer (Dec-Feb), Autumn (Mar-May), Winter (Jun-Aug); these seasons are the opposite of those in the northern hemisphere. Click here for a direct link to the Australian Government Bureau of Meterology website www.bom.gov.au/index.shtml |
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There are also separate pages with more specific 'Weather and Topography'
details for each of the states: NSW+ACT Weather, VIC Weather, TAS Weather, SA Weather, WA Weather, NT Weather, QLD Weather |
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There are 3 time zones in Australia: Eastern: Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) equals Greenwich Mean Time plus 10 hours. Areas that use AEST are: New South Wales (except Broken Hill) Victoria Queensland Tasmania Australian Capital Territory |
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Central: Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) equals Greenwich Mean Time plus 9˝ hours. Areas that use ACST are: South Australia Northern Territory Broken Hill, NSW |
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Western: Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) equals Greenwich Mean Time plus 8 hours. AWST is used only in Western Australia |
| Daylight saving (clocks being put back an hour) operates in NSW, ACT, Vic and SA from late-Oct to late-Mar and from early-Oct to late-Mar in Tasmania. WA began a three year trial of daylight saving on 3 December 2006. Daylight saving does NOT operate in QLD or NT. |
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Where daylight saving is being observed: AEST becomes Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) with clocks advanced to GMT +11 hours ACST becomes Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT) with clocks advanced to GMT +10˝ hours AWST becomes Australian Western Daylight Time (AWDT) with clocks advanced to GMT +9 hours |
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GMT = Greenwich Mean Time |
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