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Old 04-29-2017, 10:10 PM
 
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Much of the UK is in a rain shadow.

Their is a big rain shadow effect here from mountains south, east and west, where rainfall reaches up to 5000mm, but this area gets most of it's rain from a NE/N/NW direction, so doesn't have the semi arid look of other rain shadows regions in NZ.

Nelson is the closest official station.
Thanks.

What's the mountain range that causes the UK rain shadow?
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Old 04-29-2017, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Top of the South, NZ
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Thanks.

What's the mountain range that causes the UK rain shadow?
The various ranges of the Highlands, Snowdonia, and the Pennines.
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Old 04-30-2017, 01:00 AM
 
Location: In transition
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Comodoro Rivadavia which was already mentioned in this thread is an oceanic climate that is semi arid because it is in a rain shadow of the Andes. Victoria, BC is also in a significant rain shadow due to the Olympic mountains of Washington. Just compare the rainfall to nearby Port Renfrew. Any mountainous place at mid latitudes near a westerly ocean will produce oceanic climates with rainshadows.
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Old 05-01-2017, 08:02 AM
 
Location: Portsmouth, UK
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Much of the south coast of England, from Cornwall to Hampshire, rarely gets snow. From Sussex eastwards it is more common, but still doesn't snow every winter. In Portsmouth you can go a few years without even seeing a flurry, the heavy snow that fell in December 2010 (which gave around 4" of laying snow) was the most snow that had fallen in Portsmouth since 1982. The area of the south coast from east Dorset across to western parts of west Sussex & inland to central parts of Hampshire is also in a "snow shadow" when snow is coming down from a northerly direction due to hills. The highest point of the South Downs, Butser Hill, lies just to the north of Portsmouth too... Most of the time snow will be transitional in Portsmouth too as a front moving up from the SW bumps into colder air, meaning it may start as snow but quickly turns to rain.
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Old 05-01-2017, 09:53 AM
 
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Coastal Azores?

Snow in Coruña, Spain at 43°N is very rare, in 50 years it snowed 6 times and light snow unless in 1987 which was bigger.

La sexta nevada en 50 años

But I understood that we talk about places where never snows instead of rare snow so maybe coastal Azores?
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Old 05-01-2017, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Ipswich,England
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My money is still on the Azores . I would say around 1.10 - 1.15 odds on the betting markets
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Old 05-01-2017, 03:08 PM
 
Location: João Pessoa,Brazil(The easternmost point of Americas)
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Probably some coastal parts of New Zealand north island at 37-39 latitude.
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Old 05-01-2017, 03:16 PM
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Location: Surrey/London
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Fair Isle at 60N. Record low of -5.6c and struggles to see frost in many winters.

Tiree at 56N is also a good contender.
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Old 05-01-2017, 03:17 PM
 
Location: Foreignorland 58 N, 17 E.
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Fair Isle at 60N. Record low of -5.6c and struggles to see frost in many winters.

Tiree at 56N is also a good contender.
There's heavy rainfall though so it would shock me if Fair Isle didn't get a least a bit of sleet every winter?
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Old 05-01-2017, 03:29 PM
 
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There's heavy rainfall though so it would shock me if Fair Isle didn't get a least a bit of sleet every winter?
Fair Isle has definitely seen snow in the past. Which I think rules it out of this?
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