Rate the Climate: Yekaterinburg, Russia (snow, hot, warm, recorded)

[Candle]

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B+

Good summers and a high range of possible temperatures all year. I'd prefer slightly wetter summers though.

[deneb78]

F winters are too cold!

[MrMarbles]

D. Winters are too cold and too long. Summers are acceptable although the record lows scare me a bit.

[Candle]

Yesterday (21st), Yekaterinburg recorded a high of 95F and a low of 70F, with 0.01" of rain.

(35C/21C)

[MrMarbles]

Originally Posted by Candle

Yesterday (21st), Yekaterinburg recorded a high of 95F and a low of 70F, with 0.01" of rain.

(35C/21C)

Not THAT surprising, given how continental this climate is and how far away it is from any sizable bodies of water.

[dunno what to put here]

Of course it's surprising, nowhere that far north should get temperatures that high.

[Patricius Maximus]

This one gets an A- from me. The summers are good though a bit warm, but the record highs are pretty awful. Winters are great temperature-wise, but it looks like they don't get much snow, which diminishes my grade. Sunshine and annual precipitation are good. The record highs and lows in winter look great.

By the way, this is an example of a climate with a seasonal lead. Notice May is much warmer than September, and May is the fourth 10C+ month that puts it over the top for Dfb classification (usually it's September).

[Weatherfan2]

Oh dear me what horrible cold winters, and strange how quickly it cools down in August, yet somehow it still has far better summers than Buxton! E.

[MrMarbles]

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Of course it's surprising, nowhere that far north should get temperatures that high.

"Should" isn't a very appropriate here. There are no rule books when it comes to nature. The fact is there is nothing preventing very hot air from the "Stans" of Central Asia from making its way up north. The flip side is that arctic air can get there just as well. Thus you you have frosts in the summer and winter temps occasionally down to nearly -50C.

[Weatherfan2]

Well in that case I would like to Buxton reach 40°C this summer, see how straight a path can be carved all the way from Sub-saharan Africa right up into the North of England, with the right alignment of high pressure forming at the right time, wafting that tropical breeze my way.