Season lag

It's the middle of June in the Southern Hemisphere. We live in a city with temperatures that are similar to Seattle or Vancouver. So the weather now should be somewhat similar to mid-June in either of those cities. But there are still leaves on our flowering cherry trees. I took this picture today.

I've noticed what I call season lag here. Every season seems to come later here than it would in Vancouver or Seattle. It's cold and wintry now, but a month ago it still felt like really nice fall weather. At Christmas, which should be like June 25, it still feels like spring. Warm summer weather doesn't really arrive (if it arrives at all) until February, which should be like August, but then it lasts for several months. The only conclusion I can arrive at is that we have giant freezer sitting just to the south of us. Antarctica. And perhaps that freezer makes all the seasons come later.