Sydney shivers during cold and gloomy winter

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Sydneysiders can blame cloud and rain for this winter being one of the coldest in 13 years, a meteorologist says. "In a normal winter Sydney will have quite a few brisk mornings and sunny days but not this year," weatherzone.com.au meteorologist Brett Dutschke said.

"An excess of cloudy and rainy days has led to it being a dull, cold and gloomy one, at least in June and July.

"There has been so much cloud that Sydney has had fewer days warmer than 20 degrees than in any other winter since 1990," Mr Dutschke said. With so many cloudy days, this winter has delivered 39 days of rain, eight more than in a normal winter.

"It finally brightened up a bit in August and we even managed a 25-degree day in the second half of the month. "But it was too late to stop this winter being colder than recent winters. There hasn't been a colder winter since 1997."

However, this winter was still warmer than the long-term average.

More: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/water-issues/sydney-shivers-during-cold-and-gloomy-winter-20100901-14n2v.html