Is this the least windy summer ever?

It seems to be getting worse every year, last year i remember everyone was going on about how wind-less summer was

Eyez still waiting for it to start,lots of up and down da coast in a normal style but missing da fruit when it should have been ripe


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Been OK here, yes the week long troughs but then plenty of times we had 3-4 days straight, so I reckon I have averaged 2 days per week since Nov.

I have had 3 days on 4.7 whereas usually I am lucky to drag it out out at all unless I go north. So I think maybe we have had a little less days than usual but when we have it has been really windy.

Lot more swell all summer too

I think all considered most people are saying it was a bit better than last so next should see the return of El Nino and it will go off

The question is "is this the least windy summer ever"
The answer. YES

I disagree, la Nina about 2000-01 was just as bad or worse. We get 3 or 4 good el Nino years and forget how bad la Nina years can be

we will have 3 or 4 ripper summers now, and when we get the next la Nina people will again be saying it is the worst year ever.

I've been lucky to have the whole summer to Windsurf up and down the coast. Yes we had some wind and some waves, but I feel these last 2 seasons especially for wave sailing have been bad, hopefully it is la nina effect. But I reckon if we try and defend WA and say it has been good, then we are telling people from overseas this is what we class as 'good' conditions, not the reputation WA needs!

If you have been prepared to chase the conditions and have a choice of wave boards, you could get a lot of sailing in, and there has been some great conditions about, but we are not getting the consistency of wind or waves WA has been known for....

For me: 20 days of windsurf (83L + 5.3, 4.7 and even 4.2 twice) over 2 months (jan-feb), I had some good waves too:
- 6 at Safety bay / Shoalwater bay with dolphins
- 4 at Lancelin (2 at south passage, 2 at main break), pretty good waves
- 3 at Geraldton (1 at Sunset, 1 at Hell's gate, 1 at Drummond Cove)
- 1 at Margaret River, Main break, big waves, my best day in WA
- 2 at Augusta, river mouth with a 4.2 (and Pete Volwater)
- 1 at Albany
- 3 at Esperance (1 fourth beach, 2x9 Observatory Beach), small but excellent waves

I enjoyed a lot WA, I hope to come back in the future, but France is really far far away... You are lucky to live in such a wonderfull place... So don't be sad about 2 years with a bit less wind !!!
If I should come back, I will stay only at Margaret River and Esperance, and I will go to Gnaraloo / Ningaloo

I'm now leaving WA, heading for NZ (and Hawaii after...)
See ya !

see below - there's something different this year...

Perth records hottest summer in 34 years

Perth has recorded its second hottest summer on record, its hottest summer in 34 years and its wettest summer in 12 years.

The last time temperatures were so consistently high in Perth was in 1978 and the last time the city had so much rain was in 2000, the Weather Channel says.

Chief meteorologist Dick Whitaker said on Tuesday that the heat was mostly due to record warm surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean.

"Our overall average was 25.5C, still 0.6 degrees below the 1978 record mark of 26.C," he said.

Mr Whitaker said Perth's summer rainfall of 118.2mm was nearly four times above the average of 31.3mm, and more than double the 48mm received last summer.

"This was primarily due to a wet December when two separate thunderstorm events produced heavy falls across the area," he said.

Mr Whitaker said heading into autumn, Perth was expected to have above average temperatures, but below average rainfall, particularly over the southwest districts, with close to average totals over most other parts of the state.