Do Australians call our winter (December, January, February) also winter?

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Butterfly Kisses â™¥

Ummmm NO! With many days of sweltering heat, those months are our Summer, and that's what we call it. Our winter is in June, July and August. We have just begun our spring.

Elizabeth

It's the same all over the Southern Hemisphere not just Australia.
Anywhere in the southern half of the globe will have summer during December, January and February.
Just like all of you in the Northern Hemisphere will have winter during those months.
It doesn't matter whether you're in the USA, England, Japan or Russia etc.

Tell-It-Like-It-Is

BAHAHAHAHA!!! NO?!?!?!?!
LOL We call it Summer, its like us asking if you call Do Americans call our Summer (December, January, February) also Summer.
Lol, no its a bit hard if we call it winter if its 40 degrees outside...

miss jane

no, what a silly question! didn't you learn anything in school?

in the southern hemisphere the seasons are the reverse. So December, January and February is our winter, and yes that means Christmas is in summer.

molly

The first day of Australia's summer starts on the 1st of December ,January and February are our hottest months of the year so we are the opposite of you

cee

no. their winter is our summer. therefore june, july, and august in australia is winter. the seasons are opposite. however, an australian winter is nothing like those here in america unless you're in the states that are always warm. i visited australia in june-july one year, their winter, and the weather was very enjoyable. the coolest was about 65 degrees in sydney and about 70-75 in cairns. in the outback, it was very cold in the mornings, ranging from 30-40 degrees, but then would get to be about as warm as 80 during the day.

mstop

in dec, jan, feb, its summer to us aussies. basically, the whole seasonal calendar is opposite to that in america.
winter is summer in aust, summer is winter in aust.
spring is autumn in aust, autumn is spring in aust.
oh...thats right...what you americans call fall..we aussies call autumn

ally

nope we call it summer...

But Why??

If it is, its the hottest damn winter Ive ever experienced.

acanberraboy

Southern Hemisphere countries ( South Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia etc) are the opposite to North America and Europe. So your winter is their summer.

hushpuppy

very interesting question. no they are called summer when the heat is due.

G-man

Wondered that once myself. No, Dec, Jan, Feb is called summer, and June, July, Aug is called winter. Everything is upside down way down there. Christmas in summer??

thing55000

No, we call it summer because that's what it is here!

Cheers :-)

origamimark

Yes.

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