When I migrated to Australia, I was under the impression that it was a hot and sunny country...I drove through a country town on one of my first business trips and was amazed to see several stores selling ski z& snow equipment. I came to realise, that Australia is not only hot (and also ****ing hot) and sunny but can be cold and snowy, freezing and wet.
There is a saying in Melbourne, it you don't like the weather, just wait 10 minutes.