日本語で天気の話 Austin Weather

This post is about Austin weather information in Japanese. For the rest of you it is simple. Austin has 2 seasons, Fall and Summer. Winter is not really much here usually, this last one was(That was very special.), and Spring and Fall are typically short. Summer is long, about 6 months with hot weather every day. By the way Austin does experience everything, including tornadoes, hail, and most others except snow. We only see snow about once every 10 years or so. Anyway, here is the Japanese for those people reading over there.

But 2007 has been strange. First of all,we had freezing temperatures in February that went on for about 3 weeks. Then Spring came and it was actually kind of long. Typically Spring and Winter really don't exist here in Austin. We have the 6 month long summer followed by a Fall type Winter. But this year Spring really did stay here for about 2 months, then we had a rainy season that kept it up until yesterday and that was weird. Right now it is only about 85 degrees outside and it should be in the high 90s. We'll survive though. The warm winters are great for the live music. One can sit outside in January in a T-shirt and enjoy good music.

「オースチンには四季がない」とよく言うが、天気はめまぐるしく変化する。日照り、雷雨、ひょう、あられ、洪水、台風、トルネード。雪は、ほとんど降らない。南の風が吹く夏は、熱帯のよう。なのに、真冬には、肌を鋭く刺す北風が吹きこむこともある。ただ、冬は比較的温暖で、気温も秋より多少低くなる程度。春には、美しい花々が咲き乱れる、もっとも美しい季節である。オースティンを訪れるのに最適なのは、10月から5月までの期間。穏やかな天候が続き、冬の寒さを体感するのはほんの数日程度である。6月から10月までは、まさに真夏だ。毎日、蒸し暑い日々が延々と続く。本当に暑い。日中の最高気温が40度になることもまれではない。この灼熱の夏が僕の一番大好きな季節。秋の訪れを告げる涼しい風を身体に感じると、大好きな夏がもうすぐ終わってしまうことを寂しく感じる。