First of all, this is not meant to be another thread about AGW. Around this time last year, I started a thread asking about the weather in other parts of the world and the replies made interesting reading. So this is essentially the same question: How has the weather been this winter (summer down under) and over the past 12 months?
Over here in my state in eastern India, the winter has been mild as it has been for over a decade. We had light rain a few days ago and, as is usual, it was followed by a cold spell. Last night was definitely the coldest of this season. I placed the thermometer outside on the front yard and it read 11.1 deg C (52 F) at 1:30 AM.
Last summer was also one of the mildest. We had an unusually long rainy season, with only 1-3 rainless days every now and then from mid-April to early November. But it was also unusual in that it caused less disruption to daily life than usual. This was because it generally rained in bursts of 5-30 minutes and cleared up again. There was almost none of the days-long thick overcast and drizzling that cause a lot of inconvenience in the monsoon season. Daytime temperatures stayed in the mid-20s C (mid-70s to low 80s F) most of the time and seldom hit 30.