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My 2013th post! And it's 2013... November 18th as I type this! (10:56 pm central time USA)
This is a Dfb climate, located 1,216 miles (1,957 kilometers) northeast of Helmintoller on an ocean shoreline. This is the nearest ocean to Helmintoller.
Winters are frigid with little sunshine (average 78 hours/month), but come with frequent, heavy snows. By late March/early April, the snow is often 10 feet (3 meters) or more deep, and is compacted. Virtually no melting occurs in December - February, save for a rare heat wave. The annual "Snow Day" Festival occurs on March 19, and is a major holiday - no school, work, etc, and many winter sports.
Average high temperatures hit freezing on March 23, signaling the local start of spring, though furious snowfall rates put the average date of peak snow depth at April 1. April often sees flooding as high precipitation and warming temperatures eat away at the snowpack. Sunshine is at about 150 hours in an average April. By early May, the snowpack is usually gone. Sunshine is up to about 250 hours in an average May.
Summer begins in mid to late May. Average highs are around 65-70 F / 18-21 C at the end of May, rising to around 75 F / 24 C in July and August. Sunshine averages 311 hours/month in summer. Heat waves are rare and often not severe. Summer is well-loved by the locals.
Early fall is cooler, but equally sunny. Clouds thicken and precipitation increases in October. The first snow often occurs between October 10-20, and the ground disappears under snow for the winter in early November.
The record high is 102 F / 39 C on September 29, 2013. The record low is -43 F / -45 C on January 12, 1979.
Interesting. This is basically a very wet version of the Canadian prairies. I wouldn't mind the extra precipitation during the summer (provided most of it came during thunderstorms) but there's simply too much snow in the winter and too many precipitation days in spring on top of the winters being too cold and long. With those temperatures I'd rather just have the sunshine and low precipitation of the prairies. I give this climate a D.
Winter is too snowy and cold, too many precipitation days. Though it's sunnier than most climates with such wet winters, which helps things. Summer temperatures are great, though I don't want snow in summer, which brings it down. The extremes in September through November are a lot further from the averages than the rest of the months, which is unusual, as is the jump in March temperature when February and January are so similar.
Are there any hills nearby? This place could have a nice ski resort, even though the average snow isn't powdery. I'd definitely be more into winter sports if I lived here.
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