Rate the Fictional Climate: Oymyakon Station (snowfall, hot, warm, ice)

[Siberian High]

Oymyakon Station is located at an altitude of 9,200 feet on the fictional Boreas Ice Cap. The research station has a permanent population of 34. Oymyakon Station has extreme cold, dry winters and bitterly cold, snowy "summers". Despite the fairly snowy climate, the ice cap is not at a very high elevation, because the ice cap has formed recently, as Planet Astraeus is cooling into a semi-glacial climate. Sublimation, compaction, strong sunshine due to the high altitude, and occasional above-freezing spells in summer do their jobs on the ice cap, leading to only 3 feet of total ice accumulation each year. The base is built on stilts, and it is rebuilt every 3-4 years. Climate classification is EFw, or a dry-winter ice cap climate. Record high is 39, record low is -131. I'll give it an F+, far too cold. The nice snowfall bumps it up a notch. Quite an improvement over Vostok.

[Candle]

B+

If the summers were just a tad warmer it'd be A+ material.

[dunno what to put here]

Mm.. sexy. A.

[AdriannaSmiling]

A isn't good enough.....A +++++
Too bad it's fictional or else I'd be looking to relocate there...

[Siberian High]

C'mon guys, be serious. You're convincing me to bump up my grade to an E.

[Weatherfan7]

Dunnowhat toputhere would actually like to live there.

[kronan123]

A-

would've been an A if the summers werent so scorching hot

[cjg5]

F----------------

[deneb78]

I wonder if the atmosphere is breathable without hurting your lungs... In the winter it can get cold enough for CO2 to condense into a solid (-78.5°C). In a climate like this, you could put that as an extra category of weather stats.. how many days a year CO2 condenses...

[darth serious]

F. I find the lack of warmth in this climate seriously disturbing.