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Aug 26, 2014 11:11 AM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
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I went hunting and found a great climate site!
http://www.hobart.climatemps.c...
http://www.climatemps.com/coun...
http://www.seattle.climatemps....

They say that Hobart, Tasmania, Australia is Köppen-Geiger classification: "Cfb". \
That's close to my coastal PNW Koppen zone "Csb" except that we have dry summers. Maybe my summers are hotter and winters colder.

Are you overcast and drizzly 8-9 months of the year?

Koppen Cfb - Maritime Temperate or Oceanic. Changeable weather. Often overcast. Cool summer, mild winter.
Köppen-Geiger Csb: dry-summer subtropical "Mediterranean"

"Hobart, Tasmania has a marine west coast climate that is mild with no dry season, warm summers.
Heavy precipitation occurs during mild winters which are dominated by mid-latitude cyclones.
Seasonality is moderate."

They also mention something new to me: the "Holdridge life zones system of bioclimatic classification". They say Hobart is in or near the "cool temperate moist forest biome".

Read more: http://www.hobart.climatemps.c...

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