Weather Chat Thread (snowing, dewpoint, thunderstorms, compare)

[ghost-likin]

The city who have the coldest average high here in South America is Rio Grande,Tierra del Fuego(2.9C in July).

Coldest record low : Balmaceda,Chile(-28.3C).

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by Baba_Wethu

I think Finland especially is prone to extreme cold because of Russia and Eurasia to the east whereas Sweden is a peninsula. Turku for example at 60'N has similar record lows as Sundsvall at 62'N. Not as true for Scandinavia.

And because there are no mountains in Finland to stop the bleeding down or from the East.

But in a week's time it's 30 years since Turku hit -30C the last time, so it's not very common here to get these extreme cold snaps.

[ase42dv]

Originally Posted by EverBlack

Cities with the coldest average highs in July in Australia:

Mount Buller, Victoria: 1.4 °C
Cabramurra, New South Wales: 3.1 °C
Miena, Tasmania: 4.3 °C
Orange, New South Wales: 9.3 °C
Tumbarumba, New South Wales: 10.6 °C
Bombala, New South Wales: 11.0 °C
Bathurst, New South Wales: 11.3 °C
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: 11.4 °C
Cooma, New South Wales: 11.4 °C
Bowral, New South Wales: 11.5 °C
Queenstown, Tasmania: 11.6 °C
Ararat, Victoria: 11.7 °C
Goulburn, New South Wales: 11.7 °C
Hobart, Tasmania: 11.7 °C

Great list!

Related to this, I will put here Andorra la Vella. Which is at almost 1.100m of altitude (3608ft), exactly at 1.076m, and it's at 42º30'N latitude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra_la_Vella#Climate

The coldest month averages 2.2ºC, maximums of 6.9ºC and minimums of -2.5ºC (warmer in those last years). Besides, July, the warmest, averages 18.8ºC with maximums of 26.2ºC and minimums of 11.4ºC. Isn't good for a location at such altitude?

[ghost-likin]

Originally Posted by Junter

Great list!

Related to this, I will put here Andorra la Vella. Which is at almost 1.100m of altitude (3608ft), exactly at 1.076m, and it's at 42º30'N latitude: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorra_la_Vella#Climate

The coldest month averages 2.2ºC, maximums of 6.9ºC and minimums of -2.5ºC (warmer in those last years). Besides, July, the warmest, averages 18.8ºC with maximums of 26.2ºC and minimums of 11.4ºC. Isn't good for a location at such altitude?

Wow,at this elevation and latitude here in South America the landscape is frozen and completely snow covered for months,with possible snowstorms even in summer

Esquel at the same latitude and half altitude is colder than Andorra la Vella in both averages and record low.

[EverBlack]

Largest cities sorted by average highs in their warmest month (it's inaccurate, as it's done quickly):

<10 °C: Nuuk, Greenland: 18,040
10/11 °C: Pond Inlet, Nunavut: 1,549
11/12 °C: La Rinconada Peru: 50,000 (high elevation)
11/12 °C: Pevek, Russia: 4,162 (low elevation)
12/13 °C: Cerro de Pasco, Peru: 66,272 (high elevation)
12/13 °C: Iqaluit, Nunavut: 6,699 (low elevation)
13/14 °C: Reykjavík, Iceland: 130,345
14/15 °C: Punta Arenas, Chile: 127,454
15/16 °C: Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia: 179,780
16/17 °C: Bodø, Norway: 50,000
17/18 °C: El Alto, Bolivia: 903,080 (high elevation)
17/18 °C: Murmansk, Russia: 307,257 (low elevation)
18/19 °C: Anchorage, Alaska, USA: 396,142
19/20 °C: Glasgow, United Kingdom: 2,300,000

[Acajack]

Trondheim, Norway
200,000 people
Avg max of 19C in July

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

What about Wagga Wagga?

Oceanic. Even though it has warm averages, the relatively cool summer minimums and 8 months with average minimums below 10C, can only be explained by regular year round incursions of cooler air.

[Ethereal]

Originally Posted by Joe90

Oceanic. Even though it has warm averages, the relatively cool summer minimums and 8 months with average minimums below 10C, can only be explained by regular year round incursions of cooler air.

Interesting perspective. So Wagga is "genetically" more like Glasgow than Sydney, despite sharing more similarities with the latter?

What about Dubbo? I believe that it's a Cfa climate, if not the epitome of one.

[dunno what to put here]

Wagga Wagga is not an oceanic climate.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Ethereal

Interesting perspective. So Wagga is "genetically" more like Glasgow than Sydney, despite sharing more similarities with the latter?



What about Dubbo? I believe that it's a Cfa climate, if not the epitome of one.

Yep, how else do you explain those average minimums at such a low altitude and latitude?

Originally Posted by dunno what to put here

Wagga Wagga is not an oceanic climate.

We're talking genetics, not averages or thresholds.