......And I love Melbourne's variable weather. Much better than being stuck in Adelaide with 6 days in a row of 40°C + hot shitty stuff with no rain whatsoever. And you can go up to the snow from Melbourne too. Wherelse can you do that?
@@tbone2646 .................very strange comment. I know you guys get cool changes in summer unlike Adelaide. I'm not knocking Perth, it's spent the last 167 years as Australia's second most livable city behind Melbourne. Perth was planned well and has good infrastructure. And has always enjoyed good living standards. Something that Adelaide and Sydney lacked.
@@aussierheinhardt4390 Good weather is comfortable weather. ie; Cool sunny days 18°C-25°C with nights around 12°C minimum. Humid weather is crap and 5 days of 40°C + is scrap weather.
It's the classic "four seasons in one day" as they say, on top of the aircon at uni/the library, which adds just another layer to what you rightfully point out as, psychotic.
Reminds me of when my younger self just could not go into a shopping centre without a jumper, just would not happen, because of the temperature difference.
I love how this diary is literally just you ranting about Melbourne's weather 😂 It's still a well-told story, though, I love your diary entries, and Melbourne is a beautiful city
I'm tired of people complaining about Melbourne's cold wet weather yet these same people probably travel to New York or London where the weather is much worse. Hypocritical people who whinge about 12°C degree weather yet London and New York often hit zero degrees and much more rain.
How do you make everything so interesting man? You're making me realise that nothing's inherently uninteresting, and I sure am liking it. There's something reassuring about it. You're doing storytelling a huge service, and as someone who'd sort of forsaken the idea of being a writer... you're making me wanna sit in front of a blank page and just write for hours. So thanks a bunch.
I think you summed up the appeal of these short clips perfectly! Plus, I think it helps a lot that he's got the voice of a podcaster / radio host... haha :)
I’ve lived in Melb my entire life. I am still not used to the weather and often dress inappropriately. You always need to bring layers. I would say we have the best fashion in aus though.
We are the fashion capital of the southern hemisphere. That started around the 1850s. And continued right through all the periods till present day. Melbourne being Australia's European style city is why we have been at the forefront of fashion.
@@Sneakyboson Not true, I have seen many women around Melbourne's CBD, Toorak Doncaster, Camberwell and other places wearing beautifully matched outfits of grey/ivory, grey/Burgundy, Jade/white, paired with over the knee leather stiletto heeled boots, many different European inspired outfits. Maybe your not looking at the right women in the right places?
The law of layers is a real thing in Melbourne. Always bring a bag or backpack to carry your excess wardrobe in. I love Melbourne in all seasons... usually in one day.
Having lived in Melbourne pretty much my while life, and being a tragic for the iconic Melbourne Black, I've become a master of layering. But you're right, making sure you have a bag bag enough to hold them is the worst. No one wants to be left trying to wrangled a jacket, scarf, fingerless gloves AND a hat when it's all of a sudden 22°c
You are spot on about the puffer jackets. The lighter and more compact the better. As a Melbournian who walked to and from Flinders St to Dorcas street everyday, I always had a problem with the type of trousers to wear, eg the dreadful southerly wind coming across the bay going right through and up your nether regions. I describe Melbourne’s weather as “Manic Depressive” as opposed to psychotic. Great story and cinematography - loving your channel.
There is a reason for this! Hear me out. This is true for the transition months which would be Oct-early Dec and then from March - Early May. Outside those months, the temperature stays consistent which is cool-cold going into winter and early spring. The only temp variation you'll get in those consistent months are heating in public transport and other buldings. But yes for the transition months it gets so annoying. The reason for this is because of wind direction. Melbourne's location makes it very suitable for variable weather. We have the tropics to our east, the dry deserts to our north and west and then across us is the ocean and Antarctica. In the transition months, the earth's tilit still allows for the sun to hit us so heat up in the northern deserts, way way away from melbourne can still be dragged down to melbourne, mixing with the cold air from antactica. And then sometimes, the wind shifts south easterly bringing more humid air and cool air. However, usually around past Anzac day, the Sun loses its potency as the southern hemisphere tilit away from the sun, so the heat up in the desert isn't so potent and it stays cold. So regardless of wind direction, it's all just cold for a few months until mid spring, when the southern hemisphere sees more sun again and the whole thing repeats. In the summer though is when you get the sharp changes from 40 degrees when a high pressure system drags northern winds to us for 5 hours, moves way and is replaced by a cold front from Antarctica bringing fridgid temps so from 40 degrees at 1 pm, the wind change direction when the cold front arrives and it drops down to 15 degrees with wild antarctic winds.
Oh. Oh no. Melbourne is famous for speedy changeable weather. At the height of summer the wind changes direction from Northerly to southerly and the temp can fall by 20 degrees in about 15 mins. Melbourne weather is a little cray cray.
@@danaesquires7571 A crisp northerly is so underrated, i was swimming at wilson's prom after a hike to cool the muscles (13 degrees in november of course and ice cold water from the tasman). Got a warm as hell northerly just blowing into the bay i was wading in (again water so cold i was refusing to go under haha). But yeah bottom half ice bath, top half felt like i was in qld. it was glorious.
Yeah nah.. as a new year it was 26 and clear so i headed in to the city in a t shirt and by the time I got there the wind was up and it was 15 then it rained 😂. I learnt quickly how to layer well and pack to expect the unexpected 😃
thanks for the breakdown, as someone who has lived in Melb all my life and has just come to accept the way things are without question, it was really insightful to have the state of our existence explained so concisely.
Never thought about it being about the weather - perhaps because that reason has become automatic. But here in Melbourne there is definitely a love of the formal with the casual. Love flat work boots with dresses or beautiful coats with tatty t shirts underneath. Don't think Australians like to be accused of being 'overdressed'. :-)
No matter where you live in Australia, Melbourne is nationally renowned for its dramatic temperature and weather fluctuations. I'm very grateful for the tropical climate of South-East Queensland. I look forward to winter every year as it's the only time to wear layers and look relatively fashionable, not that the opportunity arises often as most days in winter are around 19°C-23°C and nights 13°C-16°C.
@@lizziebkennedy7505 Fair enough, personally anything under 20 is cold for me though. This year has definitely seen very few colder days compared to previous years. There's maybe been 2 or 3 days so far this winter where I've actually been cool enough to wear a jumper.
The Australian first nations people believed that Melbourne had SEVEN seasons. I cannot remember them all but do remember that there was a first wet summer followed by a second dry summer. Also, coming back to the European four seasons, Melbourne has four seasons in one day which is why it is sensible to dress in layers to peel off and put on clothes. The music band, Crowded House, even wrote a song about that called, 'Four Seasons In One Day.'
it makes so much more sense, the european seasons don’t even fit here. march is really warm, even as warm as feb for most of it and september is always freezing. not to mention the start of winter is quite dry compared to the end of winter where it rains for days straight.
@@liza2444 Yes, it does make sense. The information was in 'The Age' newspaper from Melbourne, over ten years ago, in an article about how the indigenous/first peoples understood the seasons. I definitely remember that there were seven of them.
I'm from Tassie. We call it 'coat on coat off' weather - exactly what you said, and exactly how you described what Melbournians do, but here in Tassie 'coat on coat off' is as valid as sunny or rainy.
Oh wow! Thank you for this. This brings me back. I was one of those perpetually-in-puffer-jacket-and-jeans people when I was studying in Melbourne. 🤣 Almost all year, even, no matter the season, because the weather is insane. I would love to go back again someday, though. Thank you so much. I think I would enjoy your new series very much.
Same thing in my town... Im from Croatia and I live in small town called Požega. This whole winter in the morning it was -4 °C and later on day it was 19 °C...
You forgot to mention the “other” weather factor… our arctic wind. A recall a day a couple of years ago in the last few days of November where it was warm to hot in the sun yet ice cold in the shade because of the wind.
Your diary entries are so entertaining and full of insights! That's fascinating how you can make any subject interesting Also I have to thank you that thanks to your videos I finally got consistent with keeping a journal and I think, discovered what was so great about writing (which significantly improved the quality of my work on the way)
And this is why I own several jackets of varying weight and thickness. Puffers for super cold, mid-weights for cold and trans-seasonal (which, let’s face it, is every day in Melbourne bar winter)! And light cotton in summer for those summer days where the temperature drops and/or for aircon resembling cool rooms where fruit is stored. Oh and this also includes heavier cotton jumpers too, as well as lighter ones.
This diary series is a rich source of calm and inspiration. I really want to thank you for your intellectual and creative labors. I would never have posted an improvised poem if it weren't for you and the work you share, and damn am I happy that I did. Keep adding to the greater body of proper content on this platform, it is needed as much as it is desired.
I live in Greece and we wear coats when its 12-15 degrees outside because freaking humidity makes it feel cold. When I lived in Russia 15 degrees was normal summer weather but it was not cold at all. I don't know how it really works
As a melbournian Tonight I went out in a long faux-furred puffer jacket with a nice grey sweater underneath... And ripped jeans and Nikes. It was a lovely sunny day and then the sun set.
Fellow Melbournian here, I can definetly agree on our bipolar weather. It can start pouring rain one morning then suddenly get hot in the arvo and vice versa. I enjoy watching your videos by the way!
This is kind of hilarious, especially if you’ve grown up with this sort of strange weather pattern. I’m Victorian, not from Melbourne, and where I live it’s pretty much the same weather pattern. Literally doesn’t stop any of us from complaining about the weather though, that’s one thing you can count on.
A similar thing happens in London in winter and Hong Kong in summer/wet season, but for entirely different and self imposed reasons. Hong Kong: 29° and 95% humidity but you need a heavy coat or jacket because the MTR has air conditioning permanently stuck on 16° London: 4 to 8 degrees outside, but you need to learn a new skill far more demanding than Melbourne (my hometown) could even dream of. You need to either learn to sweat without getting wet or dripping, or to remove 5 layers of clothing whilst folding a wet umbrella, mid-step as you cross the boundary into any high street retailer, where the heating is permanently stuck somewhere between 24 and 26 degrees. And if you're shopping for clothing, which you probably are (because clothes that can be removed mid step or that are appropriate in both 4 and 26 degree environments, still seems elusive) well, you need to learn how to quickly try on a bunch of winter clothes in 26 degrees before your body starts cascading Saltwater into them from every sweat gland you own. You also need to learn to remove 3 layers whilst packed like sardines in the Tube, although at least that heat is an engineering issue rather than just some psychopaths with too much influence over the heaters remote control in London, or someone forgetting to look over the work that the train engineer who got fired half way through his first day did in HK. In comparison to those evil geniuses, Melbourne's weather is merely an occasional parking offence diehard
Places like Canada are even worse You can go from -20 degrees outside in winter to +20 degrees in any building and you just want to die the second you walk into hell
On the other hand, the Queensland dress code is just getting away with the least layers possible at all times. At least Southerners *can* have a sense of fashion.
I went to the Gold Coast and rocked up in a hoodie and tights and everyone was dressed up way late into the night but like wearing their undies, it was so crazy to me
Excellent storytelling, as always. I have heard that Melbourne is famous, most of all, for its coffee shops/cafés. I would love to see coffee through your eyes and words.
Argentina and Australia are on the same latitude so I can truly relate to that "psychotic weather" thing. When you say "carry your coat on your arm" boyyy that's me eveyday when going to class. But I like 'mismatching' or mixing clothes, like a friend once said "it's elegante sport"
'Psychotic weather' is the right way to describe it. Yesterday when I was home, the weather was lovely. Today, I need to go out for a fresh supply of coffee pods and - of course! - it is raining! They say it will stop later and maybe they are right, but I am unconvinced and it is very unfortunate because I must have coffee pods. Melbourne is lovely and very charming, but the rain is annoying because it always hits when you don't want it to. Thank you for the video!
I really enjoyed this video. Here in Southeastern Brazil, it's kinda the same during autumns and winters, specially autumns. At the beginning of the morning, It's usually 19 degrees or lower. Later at 10 am, the sun is shining so much that the temperature increases from 19 degrees to 28 degrees Celsius. At noon, it seems another day in the summer, then through the afternoon temperature decreases gradually. This week, every evening it's raining but it's the time that it gets drier, so it changes. At night, it seems another day in the winter. It's almost the same thing that happens there in Melbourne. The weather is crazy! ( sorry if something is wrong, English is not my first language )
Hahaha i absolutely loved it😂 I've been saying it for years... Melbourne weather and fashion just don't mix unless you have an on the go wardrobe. Being autistic i use to get changed 3 to 7 times a day depending on the our weather. Now I've completely givin up on fashion and i just wear my north face layers head to toe. Yes I look like a hiker or alpinist lol but a day out in Melbourne is an exploration in weather conditions.
When I first moved here over 20 years ago I asked why Melbourne had such good roads compared to Sydney. I was told it was because driving a car meant you could take your whole wardrobe with you!
My city is exactly like this. We can have rain, snow, and extremely hot sunny weather all in a few days. Yesterday it was sunny, then it turned to snow lol.
I’ve mastered wearing comfy and dress code appropriately with the wacked weather in Melbourne, only after living awkwardly freezing and overheating on the same day for more than 10years. But I must say, I envy Sydney ppl for their wardrobe freedom when it comes to winter
The best Australian city for dressing is probably actually Canberra, to be honest. Four distinct seasons meaning you get the whole range of outfits (in Sydney all those awesome woolen things are only going to be worn for about two days a year) and a range of temps from something like -2 to 40. Plus, Canberra weather is really stable so you know for sure it'll be roughly the same temp all day. I wear wool skirts in winter with tights and knee high boots and coats and scarves and in summer I get to wear all the linen etc.
Melbourne has funky weather. Sun, hail, rain, wind, all in one day. But has he visited Canberra? That's where the temperature shoots from 10 to 25 degrees from morning till midday...
Your spot on about the weather. I remember going out and it would be cold so I'd go back inside , put on a coat go outside and it would have warmed up so much I would have to take the jacket off. Madness. Love Melbourne but I live in Queensland now and don't miss that psychotic weather at all.
I’ve never even thought about this before, I’ve lived here my whole life and more or less thought it was normal/just never really picked up on it before. This is genuinely such an interesting perspective lol
Lol, I loved hearing you express it all. I always figured that it was universal Autumn weather! Another factor you may not be as familiar with is "Tall Poppy Syndrome". In the analogy people are the poppy flowers, and if one gets bigger than the others, the group will cut the growing one down. What this means for fashion for many people is that their unconscious conditioning has to sabotage their look a little bit some how, to keep their appearance somewhat humbled. And it's often a daggy 80s inspired addition because that was the last decade Australia had a sense of national identity. If you see someone with a complete uninterrupted look, many locals, on some level may think of them as a "vapid air head wanker". There's also the phrase "Someone's got tickets on themselves". Compared to the US, there's a current of discouragement of celebrating one's self and the need for false humility. It may have religious ties, ie. Pride is a sin, etc. I'm not sure. But i get the sense this is beginning to lift as the newer generations cycle through and style trends are become more global through the internet. The coming years will be interesting to see. We very well may have another roaring 20s.
oh definitely, you don't want to be caught looking ugly when you're trying so hard to dress cool, it's easier to act like you fell into your wardrobe and end up having a nice jacket on you
Just like when I was in Perth. Morning super windy and cold, afternoon getting warmer with the sharp sunshine darting out in all directions and as evening approaches, the temperature rescinded and feeling cold and windy again 😅
Sounds a bit like London, in spring and autumn it's cold in the morning and evening but days can still feel almost summery. Also you constantly go from outdoors to an underground where it can be 30 degrees Celsius so dressing in layers is essential!
off to the city this morning for uni and i can vouch that what i’m wearing is not consistent 😂 thanks for calling me out, but also giving me a game to play today. 3:20 is too real.
Omg, my city is exactly the same or even worse! In middle autumn and middle spring we have something like 8 degrees in the morning and then 28-30 degrees at 1p.m.
since i've been commuting to the city more often in the last few years i've finally mastered getting dressed for eventual weather. No matter how hot it is at home an hour away i always bring a jacket or hoodie in winter cos i know i'll need it eventually
That happens too here in Tenerife, but the changes doesn't happen only through the day but also through places that are close to each other. For example, I live in te outer parts of the capital, and yesterday I was in my room having online classes, it was like 8º because it's very windy, I finished then and had to take a bus to the centre of the city, a 25 minutes bus ride and there it was like 20º maybe, sweating my jeans carryng my hoodie and my jacket beacuse I knew that I had to take the tram to another city, exactly 30 minutes tram ride (is very slow) because there it was raining. Here we learn that we can't go with a big layer of clothing, that would be dumb, you need to have some smaller layers to be able to control the temperature
ITS ALL TRUE. 😄After living in Melbourne for 12 wonderful years, I returned to the Gold Coast. I wont miss the Melbourne winters (especially this year's 2022), but I will miss Autumn, Spring and Summer. Had such a great range of clothes to wear and...MIX UP! hehehe. You learnt very quickly to take a jacket and an umbrella with you everywhere. It's why we all carry big bags; to carry what you take off.
I once rode my bike to the shops, which is about a 3 minute trip. When I left it was a beautifully bright sunny day, however by the time I get there it was bucketing down. I got completely drenched, however by the time I went to the shops, and rode home, it was sunny and calm again. Our weather really is nuts!
I dont even wear a handbag in Melbourne anymore, I always have a small backpack to shove my extra layers into. Choosing what 'level of jumper' to wear before leaving the house can be a little bit stressful sometimes lol
I love the variable weather of Melbourne. I was born in Melb in 68 and grew up there till age of 24 in 1992, we moved to Adelaide, I moved back to Melb from 2005 to 2015 now living back in Adelaide. I'll tell you Melbourne is a blessing in disguise from October to March because Adelaide is horrid. You might not get any rainfall here at all during that period yet the beautiful thing about Melbourne is if you're struggling on a 42°C day in Melbourne don't worry you'll soon have relief and the next day you'll get 28°C or 33°C and lots of cool changes in summer. Life in Melbourne is never boring, the weather there keeps you on your toes.
Melbourne's weather can be all over the place, but it's relatively isolated from threats of natural disaster like tsunami, blizzard, earthquake or hurricane. I'll take silly clothes over my house floating away.
It's the same here up on the Sunshine Coast actually, although it doesn't get nearly as cold. It does get hotter though. So you're usually switching between fully clothed and naked multiple times within a single day ahaha.
Not Melbourne but really been living the cold snap/aircons Aussie weather lately. Got a collapsible thin reusable shopping bag I shove my jacket into until I get to my destination and leave the warm car and put the jacket on over my full zip jumper. Then it’s just layers on and off throughout the day as I move between the cold classroom, the wind chill of outside and the toasty warm library. Woollen leggings underlayers under my jeans have been a must because I overheat easily with thermal shirts but leggings I can manage. 175 rating because 200 could get too hot while 175 might not be as warm but means I’m less likely to overheat during temperature changes throughout the day, so it’s less likely I’ll need to take them off, even if I’ll still have that option.
This video is giving me some, if Jerry Seinfeld critiqued Melbourne fashion vibes and I very much so mean that as a compliment... Please do a series during Melbourne Fashion Week, judging guests fashion choices as they enter shows :P hehehe loved this, keep up the great work!
As a Melbournian I try to dress for what I (and the weather forecast) think the weather will be for when I expected to be outside the most. Couple that with the fact that I hate having to carry stuff, and yeah it means that at some point in the day I'm going to be dressed pretty weirdly
Lol as a Melbournian I've never thought about what we wear XD. But you're right, we wear nice overcoats, scarves and puffer jackets but quickly take them off to reveal casual t-shirts and shorts/jeans. I almost wish it was cooler so I could keep wearing the winter layers for the whole day rather than shedding clothing on and off all the time.
Haha, sound just like the inland continental climate where I live in Kansas City in the US. Though here in a day 15c in the morning and shooting up to 35c by late afternoon is pretty standard. I'll usually dress for the day's high and just be uncomfortable 60% of the day. Nice thing about growing up here is my legs can't feel cold or heat really, so jeans are year round and a mid weight jacket is usually all I need until it gets below -20c but it doesn't do that often. But its the wind in the winter and the humidity in the summer that are typically what tend to get to me.
Our economics textbook had a joke: “it’s much easier to predict the economy than Melbourne weather.” It’s been seven years and that joke still holds.
......And I love Melbourne's variable weather. Much better than being stuck in Adelaide with 6 days in a row of 40°C + hot shitty stuff with no rain whatsoever.
And you can go up to the snow from Melbourne too.
Wherelse can you do that?
@@garynewton1263 in Perth we don't even have weather
@@tbone2646 .................very strange comment.
I know you guys get cool changes in summer unlike Adelaide.
I'm not knocking Perth, it's spent the last 167 years as Australia's second most livable city behind Melbourne.
Perth was planned well and has good infrastructure.
And has always enjoyed good living standards.
Something that Adelaide and Sydney lacked.
Well said Mate! It's true without prejudice. The weather are one of a kind in Down Under. 😘😘😘😘😘
@@aussierheinhardt4390 Good weather is comfortable weather. ie; Cool sunny days 18°C-25°C with nights around 12°C minimum.
Humid weather is crap and 5 days of 40°C + is scrap weather.
It's the classic "four seasons in one day" as they say, on top of the aircon at uni/the library, which adds just another layer to what you rightfully point out as, psychotic.
Reminds me of when my younger self just could not go into a shopping centre without a jumper, just would not happen, because of the temperature difference.
As the Crowded House song says…
I love how this diary is literally just you ranting about Melbourne's weather
😂
It's still a well-told story, though, I love your diary entries, and Melbourne is a beautiful city
I'm tired of people complaining about Melbourne's cold wet weather yet these same people probably travel to New York or London where the weather is much worse.
Hypocritical people who whinge about 12°C degree weather yet London and New York often hit zero degrees and much more rain.
Also gate keeping t-shirt and pants.
@@killz111 Lol. Never been to NT, Hate humidity so I wouldn't last up there with my tight jeans and hoodie.
@@garynewton1263 There is nothing wrong with cold weather. It's nice.
He does it so well thought 🍿
How do you make everything so interesting man? You're making me realise that nothing's inherently uninteresting, and I sure am liking it. There's something reassuring about it. You're doing storytelling a huge service, and as someone who'd sort of forsaken the idea of being a writer... you're making me wanna sit in front of a blank page and just write for hours. So thanks a bunch.
I think you summed up the appeal of these short clips perfectly! Plus, I think it helps a lot that he's got the voice of a podcaster / radio host... haha :)
@@ChristinaDespina Aww thank you! I think he'll also be working on a podcast, and thank God (or actually, Robin himself) for that!
@@leadbellymidnightangel Thanks, I'll see!
I’ve lived in Melb my entire life. I am still not used to the weather and often dress inappropriately. You always need to bring layers. I would say we have the best fashion in aus though.
same bro such a hassle
Ah yes, all black everything. The best fashion.
Layers is definitely the key!
We are the fashion capital of the southern hemisphere.
That started around the 1850s.
And continued right through all the periods till present day.
Melbourne being Australia's European style city is why we have been at the forefront of fashion.
@@Sneakyboson Not true, I have seen many women around Melbourne's CBD, Toorak Doncaster, Camberwell and other places wearing beautifully matched outfits of grey/ivory, grey/Burgundy, Jade/white, paired with over the knee leather stiletto heeled boots, many different European inspired outfits.
Maybe your not looking at the right women in the right places?
The law of layers is a real thing in Melbourne. Always bring a bag or backpack to carry your excess wardrobe in. I love Melbourne in all seasons... usually in one day.
Having lived in Melbourne pretty much my while life, and being a tragic for the iconic Melbourne Black, I've become a master of layering. But you're right, making sure you have a bag bag enough to hold them is the worst. No one wants to be left trying to wrangled a jacket, scarf, fingerless gloves AND a hat when it's all of a sudden 22°c
You are spot on about the puffer jackets. The lighter and more compact the better. As a Melbournian who walked to and from Flinders St to Dorcas street everyday, I always had a problem with the type of trousers to wear, eg the dreadful southerly wind coming across the bay going right through and up your nether regions. I describe Melbourne’s weather as “Manic Depressive” as opposed to psychotic. Great story and cinematography - loving your channel.
The long jacket and beards. Hands in pockets
There is a reason for this! Hear me out.
This is true for the transition months which would be Oct-early Dec and then from March - Early May.
Outside those months, the temperature stays consistent which is cool-cold going into winter and early spring. The only temp variation you'll get in those consistent months are heating in public transport and other buldings. But yes for the transition months it gets so annoying.
The reason for this is because of wind direction. Melbourne's location makes it very suitable for variable weather. We have the tropics to our east, the dry deserts to our north and west and then across us is the ocean and Antarctica.
In the transition months, the earth's tilit still allows for the sun to hit us so heat up in the northern deserts, way way away from melbourne can still be dragged down to melbourne, mixing with the cold air from antactica. And then sometimes, the wind shifts south easterly bringing more humid air and cool air.
However, usually around past Anzac day, the Sun loses its potency as the southern hemisphere tilit away from the sun, so the heat up in the desert isn't so potent and it stays cold. So regardless of wind direction, it's all just cold for a few months until mid spring, when the southern hemisphere sees more sun again and the whole thing repeats.
In the summer though is when you get the sharp changes from 40 degrees when a high pressure system drags northern winds to us for 5 hours, moves way and is replaced by a cold front from Antarctica bringing fridgid temps so from 40 degrees at 1 pm, the wind change direction when the cold front arrives and it drops down to 15 degrees with wild antarctic winds.
Oh. Oh no.
Melbourne is famous for speedy changeable weather. At the height of summer the wind changes direction from Northerly to southerly and the temp can fall by 20 degrees in about 15 mins.
Melbourne weather is a little cray cray.
@@danaesquires7571 A crisp northerly is so underrated, i was swimming at wilson's prom after a hike to cool the muscles (13 degrees in november of course and ice cold water from the tasman).
Got a warm as hell northerly just blowing into the bay i was wading in (again water so cold i was refusing to go under haha).
But yeah bottom half ice bath, top half felt like i was in qld.
it was glorious.
Yeah nah.. as a new year it was 26 and clear so i headed in to the city in a t shirt and by the time I got there the wind was up and it was 15 then it rained 😂. I learnt quickly how to layer well and pack to expect the unexpected 😃
thanks for the breakdown, as someone who has lived in Melb all my life and has just come to accept the way things are without question, it was really insightful to have the state of our existence explained so concisely.
Never thought about it being about the weather - perhaps because that reason has become automatic. But here in Melbourne there is definitely a love of the formal with the casual. Love flat work boots with dresses or beautiful coats with tatty t shirts underneath. Don't think Australians like to be accused of being 'overdressed'. :-)
Definitely a huge factor - that tall poppy syndrome of 'who are you tryna impress?'
Hm
No matter where you live in Australia, Melbourne is nationally renowned for its dramatic temperature and weather fluctuations. I'm very grateful for the tropical climate of South-East Queensland. I look forward to winter every year as it's the only time to wear layers and look relatively fashionable, not that the opportunity arises often as most days in winter are around 19°C-23°C and nights 13°C-16°C.
Some of us love autumn winter looks. But given very few Melb nights go into single digits, it can hardly be called cold.
@@lizziebkennedy7505 Fair enough, personally anything under 20 is cold for me though. This year has definitely seen very few colder days compared to previous years. There's maybe been 2 or 3 days so far this winter where I've actually been cool enough to wear a jumper.
These seem like details you'd find in a great short story
The Australian first nations people believed that Melbourne had SEVEN seasons. I cannot remember them all but do remember that there was a first wet summer followed by a second dry summer. Also, coming back to the European four seasons, Melbourne has four seasons in one day which is why it is sensible to dress in layers to peel off and put on clothes. The music band, Crowded House, even wrote a song about that called, 'Four Seasons In One Day.'
This was very interesting thankyou for sharing
Indeed - and this is specifically the Wurrundjeri-Woiwurrung & Bunwurrung people of the Kulin Nations, i.e. the First Nations people of Melbourne
it makes so much more sense, the european seasons don’t even fit here. march is really warm, even as warm as feb for most of it and september is always freezing. not to mention the start of winter is quite dry compared to the end of winter where it rains for days straight.
@@liza2444 Yes, it does make sense. The information was in 'The Age' newspaper from Melbourne, over ten years ago, in an article about how the indigenous/first peoples understood the seasons. I definitely remember that there were seven of them.
I'm from Tassie. We call it 'coat on coat off' weather - exactly what you said, and exactly how you described what Melbournians do, but here in Tassie 'coat on coat off' is as valid as sunny or rainy.
Oh wow! Thank you for this. This brings me back. I was one of those perpetually-in-puffer-jacket-and-jeans people when I was studying in Melbourne. 🤣 Almost all year, even, no matter the season, because the weather is insane. I would love to go back again someday, though. Thank you so much. I think I would enjoy your new series very much.
Same thing in my town... Im from Croatia and I live in small town called Požega. This whole winter in the morning it was -4 °C and later on day it was 19 °C...
Same😝
I’ve fallen in love with watching your videos in the morning for motivation, you’re amazing
You forgot to mention the “other” weather factor… our arctic wind. A recall a day a couple of years ago in the last few days of November where it was warm to hot in the sun yet ice cold in the shade because of the wind.
Your diary entries are so entertaining and full of insights! That's fascinating how you can make any subject interesting
Also I have to thank you that thanks to your videos I finally got consistent with keeping a journal and I think, discovered what was so great about writing (which significantly improved the quality of my work on the way)
And this is why I own several jackets of varying weight and thickness. Puffers for super cold, mid-weights for cold and trans-seasonal (which, let’s face it, is every day in Melbourne bar winter)! And light cotton in summer for those summer days where the temperature drops and/or for aircon resembling cool rooms where fruit is stored. Oh and this also includes heavier cotton jumpers too, as well as lighter ones.
This diary series is a rich source of calm and inspiration. I really want to thank you for your intellectual and creative labors. I would never have posted an improvised poem if it weren't for you and the work you share, and damn am I happy that I did. Keep adding to the greater body of proper content on this platform, it is needed as much as it is desired.
Keep creating! Good luck with your poems!
@@RCWaldun Much appreciated! Hoping this day treats you well.
This is why talking about the weather is not just small talk in Melbourne haha
lol since when was 11 degrees scarf weather, here in the UK it was 9 degrees yesterday and people were out in shorts haivng barbecues
People are hipsters here in Melb.
to be fair you guys also think that 25 degrees is very hot
Oh my yes, as someone who lives in Britain I can confirm everyone whips out the barbecue and sunglasses when it's anything above 7 degrees or so XD
I live in Greece and we wear coats when its 12-15 degrees outside because freaking humidity makes it feel cold. When I lived in Russia 15 degrees was normal summer weather but it was not cold at all. I don't know how it really works
It is windy here. And between tall buildings wind is worse. So, you need a scarf
As a melbournian
Tonight I went out in a long faux-furred puffer jacket with a nice grey sweater underneath...
And ripped jeans and Nikes.
It was a lovely sunny day and then the sun set.
Fellow Melbournian here, I can definetly agree on our bipolar weather. It can start pouring rain one morning then suddenly get hot in the arvo and vice versa.
I enjoy watching your videos by the way!
The choices
me looking at the title: he's australian...? *tryng to imagine him speaking in an australian accent*
This is kind of hilarious, especially if you’ve grown up with this sort of strange weather pattern. I’m Victorian, not from Melbourne, and where I live it’s pretty much the same weather pattern.
Literally doesn’t stop any of us from complaining about the weather though, that’s one thing you can count on.
Your videos are so charming :) they make my day
A similar thing happens in London in winter and Hong Kong in summer/wet season, but for entirely different and self imposed reasons.
Hong Kong: 29° and 95% humidity but you need a heavy coat or jacket because the MTR has air conditioning permanently stuck on 16°
London: 4 to 8 degrees outside, but you need to learn a new skill far more demanding than Melbourne (my hometown) could even dream of. You need to either learn to sweat without getting wet or dripping, or to remove 5 layers of clothing whilst folding a wet umbrella, mid-step as you cross the boundary into any high street retailer, where the heating is permanently stuck somewhere between 24 and 26 degrees. And if you're shopping for clothing, which you probably are (because clothes that can be removed mid step or that are appropriate in both 4 and 26 degree environments, still seems elusive) well, you need to learn how to quickly try on a bunch of winter clothes in 26 degrees before your body starts cascading Saltwater into them from every sweat gland you own.
You also need to learn to remove 3 layers whilst packed like sardines in the Tube, although at least that heat is an engineering issue rather than just some psychopaths with too much influence over the heaters remote control in London, or someone forgetting to look over the work that the train engineer who got fired half way through his first day did in HK.
In comparison to those evil geniuses, Melbourne's weather is merely an occasional parking offence diehard
Places like Canada are even worse
You can go from -20 degrees outside in winter to +20 degrees in any building and you just want to die the second you walk into hell
Us Melburnians dress for survival. My backpack is the real star of the show, I pack my bag for four seasons 🥴
Bravo, finally someone who knows how to spell it correctly! No 'o' in Melburnian.
On the other hand, the Queensland dress code is just getting away with the least layers possible at all times. At least Southerners *can* have a sense of fashion.
I went to the Gold Coast and rocked up in a hoodie and tights and everyone was dressed up way late into the night but like wearing their undies, it was so crazy to me
@@ellarose8696 I'm from Perth and had to buy long pants before I went on holiday in Melbourne
@@sambros2 as a Melbournian thanks for the laugh!
Excellent storytelling, as always. I have heard that Melbourne is famous, most of all, for its coffee shops/cafés. I would love to see coffee through your eyes and words.
Argentina and Australia are on the same latitude so I can truly relate to that "psychotic weather" thing. When you say "carry your coat on your arm" boyyy that's me eveyday when going to class. But I like 'mismatching' or mixing clothes, like a friend once said "it's elegante sport"
'Psychotic weather' is the right way to describe it. Yesterday when I was home, the weather was lovely. Today, I need to go out for a fresh supply of coffee pods and - of course! - it is raining! They say it will stop later and maybe they are right, but I am unconvinced and it is very unfortunate because I must have coffee pods. Melbourne is lovely and very charming, but the rain is annoying because it always hits when you don't want it to.
Thank you for the video!
“Summer fashion is oxymoron in my dictionary.”
Me, as a fashion student: Well... that’s hurt.
I really enjoyed this video. Here in Southeastern Brazil, it's kinda the same during autumns and winters, specially autumns. At the beginning of the morning, It's usually 19 degrees or lower. Later at 10 am, the sun is shining so much that the temperature increases from 19 degrees to 28 degrees Celsius. At noon, it seems another day in the summer, then through the afternoon temperature decreases gradually. This week, every evening it's raining but it's the time that it gets drier, so it changes. At night, it seems another day in the winter. It's almost the same thing that happens there in Melbourne. The weather is crazy! ( sorry if something is wrong, English is not my first language )
Honestly, a lot of California has similar weather. Can be below 50F (exposing my American) to around 70F, back down to 50F at night.
Yeah! It rained tonight and now its Sunny ☀️ and it show’s that it would rain again at 12 PM 😄
"You abusing yourself with your own pieces of clothing"! Just had me in stitches 🤣
Hahaha i absolutely loved it😂
I've been saying it for years... Melbourne weather and fashion just don't mix unless you have an on the go wardrobe.
Being autistic i use to get changed 3 to 7 times a day depending on the our weather.
Now I've completely givin up on fashion and i just wear my north face layers head to toe.
Yes I look like a hiker or alpinist lol but a day out in Melbourne is an exploration in weather conditions.
When I first moved here over 20 years ago I asked why Melbourne had such good roads compared to Sydney. I was told it was because driving a car meant you could take your whole wardrobe with you!
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My city is exactly like this. We can have rain, snow, and extremely hot sunny weather all in a few days. Yesterday it was sunny, then it turned to snow lol.
I’ve mastered wearing comfy and dress code appropriately with the wacked weather in Melbourne, only after living awkwardly freezing and overheating on the same day for more than 10years. But I must say, I envy Sydney ppl for their wardrobe freedom when it comes to winter
The best Australian city for dressing is probably actually Canberra, to be honest. Four distinct seasons meaning you get the whole range of outfits (in Sydney all those awesome woolen things are only going to be worn for about two days a year) and a range of temps from something like -2 to 40. Plus, Canberra weather is really stable so you know for sure it'll be roughly the same temp all day. I wear wool skirts in winter with tights and knee high boots and coats and scarves and in summer I get to wear all the linen etc.
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Same here
Same
Melbourne has funky weather. Sun, hail, rain, wind, all in one day.
But has he visited Canberra? That's where the temperature shoots from 10 to 25 degrees from morning till midday...
Your spot on about the weather. I remember going out and it would be cold so I'd go back inside , put on a coat go outside and it would have warmed up so much I would have to take the jacket off. Madness. Love Melbourne but I live in Queensland now and don't miss that psychotic weather at all.
love ur vids! cant wait to read l'academie when it comes out, i'm hooked by the concept of education and dystopia
Currently revising the manuscript like a mad person.
I’ve never even thought about this before, I’ve lived here my whole life and more or less thought it was normal/just never really picked up on it before. This is genuinely such an interesting perspective lol
Lol, I loved hearing you express it all. I always figured that it was universal Autumn weather! Another factor you may not be as familiar with is "Tall Poppy Syndrome". In the analogy people are the poppy flowers, and if one gets bigger than the others, the group will cut the growing one down. What this means for fashion for many people is that their unconscious conditioning has to sabotage their look a little bit some how, to keep their appearance somewhat humbled. And it's often a daggy 80s inspired addition because that was the last decade Australia had a sense of national identity. If you see someone with a complete uninterrupted look, many locals, on some level may think of them as a "vapid air head wanker". There's also the phrase "Someone's got tickets on themselves". Compared to the US, there's a current of discouragement of celebrating one's self and the need for false humility. It may have religious ties, ie. Pride is a sin, etc. I'm not sure. But i get the sense this is beginning to lift as the newer generations cycle through and style trends are become more global through the internet. The coming years will be interesting to see. We very well may have another roaring 20s.
oh definitely, you don't want to be caught looking ugly when you're trying so hard to dress cool, it's easier to act like you fell into your wardrobe and end up having a nice jacket on you
Watching this in Melbs wearing denim shorts. And a hoodie. Was warm before but it's 11am and starting to rain 😂😂😂
Just like when I was in Perth. Morning super windy and cold, afternoon getting warmer with the sharp sunshine darting out in all directions and as evening approaches, the temperature rescinded and feeling cold and windy again 😅
Great description, so true of the 'psychotic weather'. I grew up in Melbourne and never understood four seasons in one day until I moved away 🤣
I love your videos so much, your like my daily dose of academia
such a refreshing video keep it up mane
Sounds a bit like London, in spring and autumn it's cold in the morning and evening but days can still feel almost summery. Also you constantly go from outdoors to an underground where it can be 30 degrees Celsius so dressing in layers is essential!
"overcoat with jeans and sneakers" I have been called out.
Aaaaand there I was, I saw the back of my head at 3:31. Wow.
off to the city this morning for uni and i can vouch that what i’m wearing is not consistent 😂 thanks for calling me out, but also giving me a game to play today.
3:20 is too real.
So that was a good run-down on a benign Melbourne weather day. OK, now let's see you tackle a really wacky one!
Omg, my city is exactly the same or even worse! In middle autumn and middle spring we have something like 8 degrees in the morning and then 28-30 degrees at 1p.m.
since i've been commuting to the city more often in the last few years i've finally mastered getting dressed for eventual weather. No matter how hot it is at home an hour away i always bring a jacket or hoodie in winter cos i know i'll need it eventually
That happens too here in Tenerife, but the changes doesn't happen only through the day but also through places that are close to each other. For example, I live in te outer parts of the capital, and yesterday I was in my room having online classes, it was like 8º because it's very windy, I finished then and had to take a bus to the centre of the city, a 25 minutes bus ride and there it was like 20º maybe, sweating my jeans carryng my hoodie and my jacket beacuse I knew that I had to take the tram to another city, exactly 30 minutes tram ride (is very slow) because there it was raining. Here we learn that we can't go with a big layer of clothing, that would be dumb, you need to have some smaller layers to be able to control the temperature
ITS ALL TRUE. 😄After living in Melbourne for 12 wonderful years, I returned to the Gold Coast. I wont miss the Melbourne winters (especially this year's 2022), but I will miss Autumn, Spring and Summer. Had such a great range of clothes to wear and...MIX UP! hehehe. You learnt very quickly to take a jacket and an umbrella with you everywhere. It's why we all carry big bags; to carry what you take off.
Still applicable. And don't think you can get away with style as an office worker, the office aircon is just as unstable as the weather
and yet your style absolutely slays every time!
Stop it. ::)
Nice work !
It took me almost the whole video to realize why you were talking about autumn in March
Nice observations. Very good. Thanks
"If you don't like the weather in Melbourne, wait five minutes."
This is why I always carry a bag. Stores portable umbrella, water and space for removed layers.
Called out. Literally jeans and puffer jackets are like half my wardrobe as a Melbournian 😂
Same in Tasmania, it’s just easier to stay at home where your wardrobe is. Packing for a trip to Melbourne is a super skill.
I once rode my bike to the shops, which is about a 3 minute trip. When I left it was a beautifully bright sunny day, however by the time I get there it was bucketing down. I got completely drenched, however by the time I went to the shops, and rode home, it was sunny and calm again. Our weather really is nuts!
You are making me in love with details
"Picaso-esque way of dressing" had me cracking
This is hillariously accurate. Layering correctly in Melbourne is an art form.
Wait you’re living here in Australia? I did not expect that, what a welcome surprise!
Yes our city has the 4 seasons in one day we are renowned for that.
Hello from México!!! Here the weather is crazy too where I live you can find the 4 season's in 1 day ....it's pretty crazy
Just found this video. I absolutely agree. Still looking for your Episode 2 .
I dont even wear a handbag in Melbourne anymore, I always have a small backpack to shove my extra layers into.
Choosing what 'level of jumper' to wear before leaving the house can be a little bit stressful sometimes lol
I love the variable weather of Melbourne.
I was born in Melb in 68 and grew up there till age of 24 in 1992, we moved to Adelaide, I moved back to Melb from 2005 to 2015 now living back in Adelaide.
I'll tell you Melbourne is a blessing in disguise from October to March because Adelaide is horrid.
You might not get any rainfall here at all during that period yet the beautiful thing about Melbourne is if you're struggling on a 42°C day in Melbourne don't worry you'll soon have relief and the next day you'll get 28°C or 33°C and lots of cool changes in summer.
Life in Melbourne is never boring, the weather there keeps you on your toes.
The weather in Melbourne is why is literally ALWAYS why I wear double denim
It's true, our weather is unpredictable I'm born and bred here and really love our weather 'four seasons in one day' as we like to call it!
British Accent (Can I say...Waldun, by far, is the most 𝕽𝖔𝖒𝖎𝖊 channel I subscribed to. Well done!)
You just described the weather of Porto Alegre, Brazil, where I live, probably due to both cities being at similar latitudes
I have a gym membership just to store said umbrella and overcoat.
Great breakdown
Melbourne's weather can be all over the place, but it's relatively isolated from threats of natural disaster like tsunami, blizzard, earthquake or hurricane. I'll take silly clothes over my house floating away.
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It's the same here up on the Sunshine Coast actually, although it doesn't get nearly as cold. It does get hotter though. So you're usually switching between fully clothed and naked multiple times within a single day ahaha.
Sounds like Colorado weather only everyone has a jeep and we carry various articles of clothing and change as needed.
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Wow that made about as much sense as expected
Not Melbourne but really been living the cold snap/aircons Aussie weather lately. Got a collapsible thin reusable shopping bag I shove my jacket into until I get to my destination and leave the warm car and put the jacket on over my full zip jumper. Then it’s just layers on and off throughout the day as I move between the cold classroom, the wind chill of outside and the toasty warm library.
Woollen leggings underlayers under my jeans have been a must because I overheat easily with thermal shirts but leggings I can manage. 175 rating because 200 could get too hot while 175 might not be as warm but means I’m less likely to overheat during temperature changes throughout the day, so it’s less likely I’ll need to take them off, even if I’ll still have that option.
This video is giving me some, if Jerry Seinfeld critiqued Melbourne fashion vibes and I very much so mean that as a compliment... Please do a series during Melbourne Fashion Week, judging guests fashion choices as they enter shows :P hehehe loved this, keep up the great work!
Me watching this who layers clothing in a tropical country that's consistently 30°c and above: 👁️💧👄💧👁️
As a Melbournian I try to dress for what I (and the weather forecast) think the weather will be for when I expected to be outside the most. Couple that with the fact that I hate having to carry stuff, and yeah it means that at some point in the day I'm going to be dressed pretty weirdly
Lol as a Melbournian I've never thought about what we wear XD. But you're right, we wear nice overcoats, scarves and puffer jackets but quickly take them off to reveal casual t-shirts and shorts/jeans. I almost wish it was cooler so I could keep wearing the winter layers for the whole day rather than shedding clothing on and off all the time.
Haha, sound just like the inland continental climate where I live in Kansas City in the US. Though here in a day 15c in the morning and shooting up to 35c by late afternoon is pretty standard. I'll usually dress for the day's high and just be uncomfortable 60% of the day. Nice thing about growing up here is my legs can't feel cold or heat really, so jeans are year round and a mid weight jacket is usually all I need until it gets below -20c but it doesn't do that often. But its the wind in the winter and the humidity in the summer that are typically what tend to get to me.