Is this a new kind of winter?

Question

I live in Perth. It's winter. So why is it so warm that I'm wearing shorts and a T-shirt?

Answer 1

If it is a new kind of winter, perhaps you may see changes in patterns of precipitation, for instance a change from dry to very wet, or vice versa.

Those changes can be sustained very long term, so long that they make one wonder if 'normal' will ever return.

My son was in South Australia and while there a weather analyst was pointing out major banks of cloud out over the seas. He remarked that over the past few years these clouds had begun precipitating about 400 km further south, leaving a lot of drought in South Australia.

He gave the observation that the trend was intensifying, but that it had been even worse several times in the past.

Answer 2

even if its snowing the sun can still be out right?