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Here's the climate graph of a location in Scandinavia, called Helsoslolm at around 59N. It's near a glacier-volcano called Helsøslølmfjallafjollafjöllajökull. (Remember the volcano outburst and the smoke cloud a couple of years ago?)
Let's walk through this climate. The winters are of course frigid, because after all, it's on the same latitude as Alaska. It's so far north that it naturally has a polar night, hence no sunshine in winter. But constant Northern Lights 24/7. It's cold and snowy, and I heard from the BBC that temps frequently are around -45C or even -50C. But I think Siberia is even more frigid.
Spring is cold and usually well below freezing, so the polar bears may roam freely large parts of the year. I heard that reindeer hearders have shotguns to fend off the polar bears. It's still very cloudy and snowy.
Summer is very cold, because of the northerly location, and it is also very rainy. A friend of mine went to Bergen and said it was rainy, so the whole of Scandinavia is probably as well. I've also heard from a Spanish friend that it is very cold and that's why people are introverted.
But, as the location gets the polar day and the sun never sets, naturally it gets all 100% possible sunshine in June. Get it? If the sun never sets, it's always sunny, right? Hence the max possible sun, which is around 540 hours. Then in July it's gloomy and cold again.
Autumn is very gloomy and rainy, because if Northern Scotland is rainy, Scandinavia must be even more
rainy, as it is further north, right? Agree with my reasoning?
As Santa lives in Finland (or the North Pole), and Santa equals snow, late autumn and early winter is of course snowy and frigid.
Most British people think that all of Spain is permanently sunny and hot as well. Not many realise that the north/NW coast has less sun than southern England, and cooler summers than London.
Or that a tourist from London that ended up in Arcata, CA in July would have to wear a jacket. It is 10F cooler than London in July there.
Here's the climate graph of a location in Scandinavia, called Helsoslolm at around 59N. It's near a glacier-volcano called Helsøslølmfjallafjollafjöllajökull. (Remember the volcano outburst and the smoke cloud a couple of years ago?)
Let's walk through this climate. The winters are of course frigid, because after all, it's on the same latitude as Alaska. It's so far north that it naturally has a polar night, hence no sunshine in winter. But constant Northern Lights 24/7. It's cold and snowy, and I heard from the BBC that temps frequently are around -45C or even -50C. But I think Siberia is even more frigid.
Spring is cold and usually well below freezing, so the polar bears may roam freely large parts of the year. I heard that reindeer hearders have shotguns to fend off the polar bears. It's still very cloudy and snowy.
Summer is very cold, because of the northerly location, and it is also very rainy. A friend of mine went to Bergen and said it was rainy, so the whole of Scandinavia is probably as well. I've also heard from a Spanish friend that it is very cold and that's why people are introverted.
But, as the location gets the polar day and the sun never sets, naturally it gets all 100% possible sunshine in June. Get it? If the sun never sets, it's always sunny, right? Hence the max possible sun, which is around 540 hours. Then in July it's gloomy and cold again.
Autumn is very gloomy and rainy, because if Northern Scotland is rainy, Scandinavia must be even more
rainy, as it is further north, right? Agree with my reasoning?
As Santa lives in Finland (or the North Pole), and Santa equals snow, late autumn and early winter is of course snowy and frigid.
I met a Englishman in June 2011. He had just arrived and we were in a middle of a warm spell, temps were 29C-31C for a week straight and he was amazed. I educated him that it's not always like this, now it's much warmer than usual. Went a week and we were down to 17C highs. Hope he wasn't shocked.
Last year a football team from Kuopio at 62.5N played a Welsh side in the Europa League quals. The Welsh lost 1-2 and their coach said in the press conference that they aren't used to play in these hot 26C temps. Oh, the poor Welsh.
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Oh, the poor Welsh.
