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This new climate, Pergium, is the incarnation of my previous Super-Vostok concept. It is an ice cap climate, with conditions ranging from bitterly cold in "summer" to brutally cold in "winter".
Pergium is in the truly deep freeze in winter, with average highs failing to rise above -100F, and average lows nearing -120F. Temperatures above -50F are unheard of in winter, with most years having 3 solid months below -60F. At the same time, cold waves can bring the temperature down to as low as -153F. For perspective, most of the winter has temperatures below the freezing point of carbon dioxide, meaning that dry ice would not sublimate if you placed it outside. A very small amount of the average winter snowfall is frozen CO2, not frozen water. Winds are generally calm in winter, but a small amount of snow does blow around from time to time, thus leading to snow totals of a fraction of an inch per month.
Pergium has a polar night that lasts from November through January. As the sun rises above the horizon, temperatures start to warm and the weather transitions to "summer". Typical summer weather is around -25F with occasional storms of blowing snow and synoptic snow created from systems moving in from further south. Although sometimes sunny, overall summer is a very windy time filled with snow and blowing snow, leading to snow totals of 20-30 inches per month, though this figure can vary widely. The presence of storms and constant daylight mean that temperatures vary much less in summer than in winter. Cold snaps can still send temperatures down to -70F, but there are no "warm" spells to be seen. With an all-time record high of -1F, Pergium has never recorded a temperature of 0F or higher. The milder temperatures of summer offer little relief from the brutal cold. Even aside from the fact that it's still -20F, the strong winds (which routinely exceed 100 mph) ensure that wind chills almost always stay below -50F. The winds do occasionally die down, but only during cold snaps, guaranteeing a deep freeze year-round. This is truly the land of brutal, neverending winters.
So, look at the averages and tell what you think. I believe it is a brutal climate which is likely too much even for my cold-loving sensibilities. However, I'd still take it over a winterless climate, and it certainly does have a winter , so I'll give it a C-.
f!!!! -153 record low thats madness!! Your drunk!!!!!!!!!!
I never touch the stuff. Staying sober enables me to create ever more extreme cold climates.
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Hold your horses its farenheight...
As another poster pointed out, this climate is in a temperature regime where Fahrenheit or Celsius makes little practical difference, though you should still be clear on which is which.
So, I have one C, one D, and seven F's. Even to the vast majority of cold-lovers this is an awful climate, but I was expecting a couple more D's. Still, the general profile of ratings is about what I expected, and I really don't blame anyone for rating this climate an F. It's intended to be a curiosity, not a pleasant destination.
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, so I'll give it a C-.
