And locals Leo!! Angaston and Nuri would get a few more inches rain than where we live at Keyneton. (same postcode) Pat Toolan PO Box 568, Angaston SA 5353 08 85 648 286 > Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 11:37:04 -0700 > From: leo@possi.org > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] Australian climate data > > I don't recall seeing this mentioned here, but Australia has detailed climate > information available online at > http://www.bom.gov.au/ > Scroll down to the blue panels under the words "Our Services" and click on "Climate and > Past Weather." > > I wanted to see typical temperatures where Calostemma grows, so I clicked on "Weather > and climate data" about halfway down the page. > > I stayed at the tab "Select using text" and at the top used the first scrollbox "Select > data about" and selected Temperature, Daily and Maximum. > > I input a member's hometown into the "Select a weather station in the area of interest." > I unchecked the box "Only show open stations." After a while of database searching a > list of weather stations popped up. > > I selected the first one, Nuriootpa Viticultural SA, and a graph opened showing me this > station has been reporting data from the late 1990s to present. (For rainfall data the > Angaston station has been reporting since the mid 1880s.) > > I selected the year for which I wanted data in the scroll box and clicked on "Get data." > I was presented with a table of daily maximum temperatures in degrees C for this year. > > You can also use the tab "Select using map." On the right is a scroll box "I would > like..." to choose which data you want. Then you can either click on the map to zoom > into a location or type the location in the box on the right. When you zoom in you will > see weather stations as small rectangles. Click on one and a balloon opens up offering > information on the station, a scroll box to select the year desired, and a link to the > data you selected. > > Looking at the various data I learned Calostemma may receive rain at any time of the > year, but most falls during cool weather. Pat Toolan commented that during the summer > not enough rain would fall to penetrate to the bulbs. Summer high temperatures are > mostly around 100F / 98C and up to 105F / 41C. Summer nights cool considerably. There is > frost on a few nights in almost all years, but rarely below -2C / 28 F and the lowest > temperature in the last 5 years was -3.2C / 26F. > > A great climate resource for growers of Australian plants. > > Leo Martin > Phoenix Arizona USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/