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View Poll Results: What grade for Osoyoos?
A 5 15.15%
B 7 21.21%
C 13 39.39%
D 7 21.21%
F 1 3.03%
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Old 03-21-2011, 02:37 PM
 
Location: Toronto
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Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000 | Canada's National Climate Archive

The area in the Okanagan valley with its semi-arid climate is a contender for the most pleasant or warmest in Canada (for what it's worth).

With an average high of 29C in July, Osoyoos has the hottest summers in the country, edging out the (albeit much more humid) 26 - 27C Julys in the hottest southern Ontario cities (which also have higher lows).

With a January high of 1C and low of around -5C, it is also pretty much as mild as you can get in winter not being on the west coast. The "length of the summer" is also pretty good for a Canadian location.
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Old 03-21-2011, 02:59 PM
 
Location: Yorkshire, England
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I'd heard of this place, my parents are either visiting it on their trip to North America this summer or they went last time, can't remember which. Very good climate, something close to my preferences - didn't know Canada had such a place. I gave it a B+, would be an A if it weren't so dry - I presume it goes brown during the summer. I'd prefer summer days around 25-26C, but a dry 29C would do fine with cooler, fresher nights. 2039 hours of sun is still a lot to me. The Wikipedia article at Osoyoos, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia gives slightly hotter summers, but it is a different recording site.
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Old 03-21-2011, 03:47 PM
 
Location: Wellington and North of South
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C+ - points for dryness, but not for winter cold.
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Old 03-21-2011, 07:55 PM
 
Location: motueka nz
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C. Would be a B if it were wetter and sunnier, as the summers temps are nice and the winters bearable. Interesting to note that extreme summer minimums have been colder here than there.
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Old 03-21-2011, 08:26 PM
 
Location: New York City
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Ahh so this is the Canadian "southwest". The Phoenix of Canada.

Not bad, actually. If you could bump the sunshine figures to 2800+ it would be in the B range, or even B+. But the winters are probably just as cloudy as the coastal locations, which is unfortunate.

Final grade: C
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Old 03-21-2011, 09:10 PM
 
Location: In transition
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D- for me.
To be fair, I've only been to Osoyoos in the summer and don't really have any direct experience with winters there but obviously they get significantly colder than here and snowier as well. Summers I found were very pleasant with many warm to hot days. The summers are what saves it from a failing grade in my opinion.
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Old 03-21-2011, 09:20 PM
 
Location: New York City
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This may well be the city with the best climate in Canada, eh, so if I were exiled there this would be my city of choice.
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Old 03-21-2011, 10:11 PM
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Hmm. It has warmer days and nights than where I live by about 3°F. But about 1/4 the precipitation.

Its average is colder than Europe at the same latitude due to the cold nights. But, if one goes by the daily high it looks like it's warmer than anywhere in Europe at 49°N (or further north). Does anywhere in the world have a daily high of 62.2°F (16.8°C) or higher at this latitude?
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Old 03-21-2011, 10:21 PM
 
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Hmm. It has warmer days and nights than where I live by about 3°F. But about 1/4 the precipitation.

Its average is colder than Europe at the same latitude due to the cold nights. But, if one goes by the daily high it looks like it's warmer than anywhere in Europe at 49°N (or further north). Does anywhere in the world have a daily high of 62.2°F (16.8°C) or higher at this latitude?
I think the numbers posted on Wikipedia are a bit off. Environment Canada lists the average high temperature for the year at 15.8C (60.4F) and no I can't think off the top of my head anywhere in Europe or elsewhere at 49N or further north that has an average high temperature this high. Reims, France comes close at 59F.
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Old 03-21-2011, 11:04 PM
 
Location: The western periphery of Terra Australis
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A compared to the rest of Canada, but still C to D for a world climate.
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