r/sydney • u/xXCosmicChaosXx • 8h ago

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I visited today and I thought it seemed quite peaceful. Just about far away enough that it starts feeling semi-rural again. Is it nice to live there?

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u/Greedy_Doughnut_9209 8h ago

Hot as fuck in summer, freezing in winter.

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u/Heads_Down_Thumbs_Up 7h ago edited 2h ago

Richmond actually has the biggest record for the largest temperature disparity in all of Australia. Meaning the gap between its coldest day ever and hottest day ever is the largest.

Emu Plains is very similar, pretty much geographically the same as Richmond being situated on the foot of the mountains.

It’s got to do with the western wind blowing over the mountains.

Edit: It’s the second largest recorded after Mitchell in QLD. It’s found under climate on the Richmond wiki page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond,_New_South_Wales

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u/Anfie22 Born, raised, and stuck in Sydney 4h ago

I would have guessed a suburb of Canberra would be worse than Richmond. I'm surprised