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LONDON HAMPSTEAD: -7.4c/18.7F
LONDON HEATHROW: -6.2c/20.8F
PARIS - MONTSOURIS: -10.5c/13.1F
NEW YORK CITY: 2F/-16.7c
CHICAGO: -11F/-23.9c
MINNEAPOLIS: -25F/-31.6c
LOS ANGELES: 43F/6.1c
SAN DIEGO: 46F/7.8c
SAN FRANCISCO: 35F/1.7c
LAS VEGAS: 29.5F/ -1.4c
MIAMI: 45F/ 7.2c
The lowest I can find for Leeds is -8C / 17.6F in January 1987. The lowest daily maximum temperature for England is -11.3C / 11.6F and for the UK as a whole it's -15.9C / 3.3F
For Vancouver International Airport.. the lowest daytime high temperature ever recorded was -11.1°C (12.0°F) on 2 occasions - January 13, 1950 and December 29, 1968.
LONDON HAMPSTEAD: -7.4c/18.7F
LONDON HEATHROW: -6.2c/20.8F
PARIS - MONTSOURIS: -10.5c/13.1F
NEW YORK CITY: 2F/-16.7c
CHICAGO: -11F/-23.9c
MINNEAPOLIS: -25F/-31.6c
LOS ANGELES: 43F/6.1c
SAN DIEGO: 46F/7.8c
SAN FRANCISCO: 35F/1.7c
LAS VEGAS: 29.5F/ -1.4c
MIAMI: 45F/ 7.2c
^^^Interesting stats there....Warlingham, on the southern edge of London apparently recorded -9.1C (15.6F) as its daytime high in January 1987:
Also, between 1860 and 1900 nighttime lows of around -14C (6.8F) occurred several times at the now defunct Camden Square weather station, which was actually much closer to Central London (its northern edge) than Greenwich.
Unfortunately, London lacks long-standing weather stations such as NY's Central Park and Paris's Montsouris. (Heathrow and Hampstead only date from the mid-20th century). Had Camden Square not been closed down, London would have had something comparable.
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Ahh.. not a subfreezing record low daytime high among those locations even among temperate stations like Hobart.. no wonder I think Australia truly is the lucky country
I can't find the lowest daytime high for Green Bay but did find some interesting records! Of course, the infamous Ice Bowl at Lambeau in 1967 was -16°F during the game with winds.
In the process, started reading about Cold Sunday from January 17, 1982 when much of the US was in a major deep freeze. Record low temps set all over the place.
Details of Perth's record cold maximum in 1956...snow was even reported in the Perth Hills.
'Mrs M Davey of Carilla saw two falls in her area, one at 8:15am and the heaviest at 9:15. She says "There were flakes as big as bantam eggs. It was a pretty sight to see it falling, but as it touched the ground it melted away. It did not last for long on the trees". A fine mist of snow in Karragullen and Roleystone melted upon reaching the ground. Snowflakes fell with the rain at Mundaring, Bickley and Walliston. Snow was also reported from Bartons Mill, Pickering Brook, Chidlow, and Mt Helena.
Snow fell at Bakers Hill at 7:30am, forming a thin layer on lawns.
Woorooloo experienced snow for the first time, falling for about 20 minutes at the sanitorium. It melted upon touching the ground, but blanketed the trees and remained there for a while.
Bus driver Terry McGrath reported that a blizzard stopped his bus for 5 minutes on the Toodyay Road near Nanamoolan. The snow "plastered itself all over the bus" and was piled "inches deep" on the road.
Perth experienced its lowest maximum temperature ever recorded: 47.8 F (8.8C). This "maximum" occurred at 2:15am, before dropping to a minimum of 39.4 F (4.1C) at 7:10am. During the daytime the temperature reached only 47.0 F (8.3C) at 2:40pm, and was only 40.5 F (4.7C) at noon. This combination of cold southerly winds and 40mm of rain (30 hours to 3pm) made this an exceptionally wintry day for Perth. No snow was reported from the Perth coastal plain, but conditions were not far from allowing snowflakes to reach near the ground.'
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Ahh.. not a subfreezing record low daytime high among those locations even among temperate stations like Hobart.. no wonder I think Australia truly is the lucky country
Canada is still a lucky and great country for mostly everything outside the weather topic. But I admit Canada is unlucky for the weather itself for the most part.
However, there are still plenty of people that prefer the climates of Southern Canada compared to anything in Australia.
Australia weather is overrated in some ways and can still get unlucky sometimes with weather, especially with droughts, wildfires, lack of 4 seasons, deadly alligators/sharks/jellyfish/snakes/fire ants that exist in some places there because of climate reasons etc.
Canada and Australia are both great countries for plenty of things they have that is not even related to weather in plenty of ways.
I am very surprised by all of these Canadians lately not seeming to like Canada, including the weather…I assumed the vast majority of Canadians would love the climates of Southern Canada (such as in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver etc.) , get used to it, and enjoy it enough.
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