Map of average temps by country - very interesting

[Ariete]

I looked up what area in Finland would have that annual temp, and it's the Oulu and Siikajoki regions. That is quite close to the geographical center of Finland, so quite accurate.

Of course, 88% of the population lives south of that area, so the average temp is not what the average inhabitant experiences.

[tom77falcons]

Originally Posted by dhdh

Concerning the heated discussion about winter in the US vs Argentina, it might help to know that the MonthMin for Argentina is +2°C while it is -9.7°C for the US.

What do you think the average for the US would be if you only looked at the southern half?

The debate was not whether ALL of the US was warmer than ALL of Argentina. But rather the US had just as large an area of subtropical climate as Argentina. Overall Argentina is a warmer country cause it has a smaller area of land, and a much larger percentage of that land is subtropical compared to the US.

I proved in that thread using land areas and google earth that the US has just as much if not more areas with subtropical climates as Argentina. Sophie called the US a "cold" country which is rather silly when you consider all the warm areas and the vast array of climates here. Far, far more Americans live in a climate warmer than France and Argentina than live in Alaska and the Upper Midwest. CA, Texas, AZ, and Florida have over 90M people.

Parts of it are cold, and parts of it aren't. The US is a very large country, and using the word "cold" to describe it is an over generalization. Canada yes it is cold. And of course with Alaska, and the much larger landmass of the US our overall mean temp will be colder.

[kronan123]

smhi has determined the swedish annual mean temperature to be 3°C

Swedish annual temperature = 3 ° C
The mean annual temperature for Sweden for the past 20 years has been approximately +3 ° C. It shows SMHI's calculations based on data from 1961 to today.

Estimates show that by SMHI Swedish average annual temperature is about ± 3 ° C. To develop Sweden's annual mean SMHI has used the so-called griddade data. Sweden is then divided into a grid of 4 * 4 km and daily values ​​of temperature calculated for each grid box. The calculation is based on the observed temperatures and provide a realistic distribution of temperature across the geographical area. SMHI has griddade daily values ​​of temperature from 1961 to today.


and here you can follow the year to year fluctuation of swedens annual mean temp from 1961-2011