This graphic shows the Earth's postition on its orbit around the sun on August 1st with colors that indicate the southern hemisphere's seasons. Based on this graphics we can say that they are in the middle of winter. Popularly seen August is their last winter month. Astronomically seen the days are getting longer for fourty days already, and the sun's declination will increase by almost 10° in August which will probably bring noticeable changes to the weather and temperature system and indicate that they are approaching spring.
