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View Poll Results: Which is better?
Fair Isle ('Least continental') 6 16.22%
East Bergholt ('Most continental') 31 83.78%
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Old 12-24-2011, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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The UK has 3 traditional summer months - September is consisdered Autumn
3 months make a nice neat division, but June looks more like September than July/August. Lengthening daylight hours would make it feel more like summer though.
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Old 12-24-2011, 02:49 PM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Yeah, June is more like September weatherwise, but in the UK we have 3 months for each season - less confusion that way!
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Old 12-24-2011, 08:20 PM
 
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Northern BC and the Alaskan panhandle have much, much warmer summers then Fair Isle.

Juneau, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prince Rupert, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Haha, Prince Rupert, absolute maximum 28.7c PATHETIC. Despite being on the mainland and just 54N. British Columbia alone has so many climates/
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Old 12-25-2011, 06:02 AM
 
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Northern BC and the Alaskan panhandle have much, much warmer summers then Fair Isle.

Juneau, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Prince Rupert, British Columbia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the mainland, yes, but:

Langara Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yakutat City and Borough, Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Very similar to Fair Isle, with colder winters, still lush, lush, lush. I'm still blaiming the sheep rather than the weather.
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Old 12-25-2011, 08:24 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Again summers still warmer then fair isle and record highs way higher, and much, much wetter
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Old 12-25-2011, 09:39 AM
 
Location: Toronto
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Regarding trees in the oceanic climates/islands of Scotland, it does seem there's some effect of people clearing the land.

Here's an interesting read.

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~rmmc/Al...0the%20sea.pdf
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Old 12-25-2011, 10:35 AM
 
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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Regarding trees in the oceanic climates/islands of Scotland, it does seem there's some effect of people clearing the land.

Here's an interesting read.

http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~rmmc/Al...0the%20sea.pdf
Fascinating article - thank you.
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Old 12-25-2011, 11:56 AM
 
Location: In transition
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Actually a place like Ushuaia is colder most of the year than Fair Isle..they've even had a temperature of -6°C in the middle of summer! they're are plenty forests outside of town there. I agree with CairoCanadian.. I'll blame the sheep

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Old 12-25-2011, 12:15 PM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Still. I think you'd have a hard tarm growing tropical plants up there.
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Old 12-25-2011, 12:28 PM
 
Location: In transition
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Still. I think you'd have a hard tarm growing tropical plants up there.
I agree.. there is just too little summer heat.. but at least the snowfall they do get is fleeting...
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