Re: Hey Farml, Rob, David and All..

<Charlie> wrote in message
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> >
> > Taking just the lower 48 the USA is overall much cooler than Oz. 
There is
> >only a small part of Oz where it ever snows and much of that is
wilderness
and
> >we don't live there.  There is virtually no permanent snow in
Australia.
Much
> >of the country is warm temperate and a fair bit sub-tropical or
tropical.
>
> And this surprises me.
>

Here are some Australian temperature zone maps:

http://www.diggers.com.au/climate.shtm

and for locals who may want to do the reverse comparison, the USA:

http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html

David