Temperate Climate Battle: Buxton Vs Invercargil Vs Akureyri (warmest, recorded, temperatures)

[P London]

Buxton is located in the Pennines which is a mountain chain in Northern England, here is the climate data for buxton.

Invercargill is located on NZ's South island

Akureyri is located on Iceland's North coast.

[ksolina]

Invercargill. Warmest weather year-round.

[sulkiercupid]

Invercargill, is a little warmer than the others so it gets my vote as well. They are all true HORSES ASS climates :P

[Weatherfan2]

Invercargill is sunnier than Buxton but probably has fewer thunderstorms and also has cooler summers (going by the night time averages). Still it is the mildest year round, summers may be sunnier, so I would vote it. That iceland place hardly belongs in the same group as the others as it's clearly subarctic and much colder rather than cool temperate and I wouldn't live there if you paid me to.

[Booze enthusiast]

They are all obscene subarctic climates. I'd pick Invercargill as it is sunnier than the others and "warmer".

[koyaanisqatsi1]

Akureyri for the lower sunshine and Buxton for the higher rainfall. As a rainlover, I'll go with Buxton.
Invercargill, depending on which site is used for reference, normally averages between 1000 -1100mm of rain and around 1650 hours of sun per annum though this hasn't been the norm over the past twenty years or so with many years exceeding the average by 100-250 hours.
In fact since 1989, only four years have been slightly below average - 1991 (1582); 1993 (1609); 1995 (1633) and 1998 (1629) - and 17 years exceeding the average by considerable margins. 2008 saw 1907 hours of sun being recorded - highest total on record and the lowest 1332 hours in 1983. Last year's sun total of 1874 hours was one of the highest on record.
As for rainfall, there has been a trend for some months to record extremely wet conditions and others extremely dry. The "correct" averages from the aero site (1939 - open) is, in order of month, 103, 83, 95, 98, 106, 103, 77, 69, 80, 90, 90 and 93 amounting to a annual total of 1087mm.

[P London]

I think Buxton's the best out of the three.

[tom77falcons]

I'd take Buxton out of these three crap climates. I wouldn't be happy living in any of them, but Buxton has the "warmer" summer than the rest. Winter isn't too bad, but so gloomy I'd rather have sunny and cold.

[lurtsman]

Invercargill was an easy choice for me. I don't particularly admire any of the climates, and due to the coldness of the cities in country my choice was largely based on having warmer temperatures. The city itself sounds quite interesting, but I really like having a few months in the seventies or (if the humidity is low) into the eighties.

[deneb78]

Invercargill by a long shot. The only one of the choices that can grow Canary island date palms and probably many other species I think due to milder record lows.