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What do people make of it? I think it's certainly exciting with 24/20 summers and -2/-6 winters. It certainly keeps stuff interesting Although probably a C+ for myself.
Just "idealized transition" from European Cfb/Dfb climate to Csa climate further south. But still without "drier notch" even at height of summer. Thanks to frequent diurnally driven t-storms/showers which incoming from nearby mountains (or initiated by various convergence zones like sea-land breeze) and occasional penetration of upper troughs embedded in westerlies (jet stream) which are very helpful for another initiation of large t-storm clusters (MCS).
Sounds nice! Summers need to be a bit hotter, but other than that it's not too different from my ideal climate.
Just "idealized transition" from European Cfb/Dfb climate to Csa climate further south. But still without "drier notch" even at height of summer. Thanks to frequent diurnally driven t-storms/showers which incoming from nearby mountains (or initiated by various convergence zones like sea-land breeze) and occasional penetration of upper troughs embedded in westerlies (jet stream) which are very helpful for another initiation of large t-storm clusters (MCS).
This all is reason why ""mediterranean rainfall pattern" is still largely destroyed. In addition this climate is protected by large mountains and is influenced by dry downslope winds like bora and foehn. These winds are most common in winter and they help to keep sunshine hours relatively high even in the cool season (at least for european standards).
Clasification:
- Cfa (Koppen)
- Do-ak (Trewartha)
Location:
- The City is somewhere in southern Europe, 45° north.
Topography around "The City":
- Large lowland (100 000 - 150 000 square km) between 43° - 47° north.
- The City is somewhere in the middle of northern 1/2 of lowland. Rather closer to the mountains.
- Lowland is located just south and east of large mountain chain (height mostly above 2000, but below 4900 meters a. s. l.).
- Lowland is sheltered from W, NW, N and NE.
- And open to SW, S, SE and E.
- Elevation mostly 100 - 200 m a. s. l., very flat, more rugged topography and higher elevation closer to the mountains.
- There is sea around lowland to the SW, SE and E. Sea to the E and SE is very shallow and from year to year can produce "sea effect snow" (when winds blowing from the east in winter).
- To the south lowland is connected with landmass (peninsula).
Additional information for "The City":
- 48 days with thunder
- 35 days with thunder + 1 or more mm of precipitation
- 21 days with thunder + 10 or more mm of precipitation
- 68 days with 10 or more mm of precipitation
- 123 days with 0,1 mm or more of precipitation
- 103 days at or above 25 °C
- 38 days at or above 30 °C
- 3 - 4 days at or above 35 °C
- 35 nights with lows at or above 20 °C
- 32 nights with freezing lows
- 3 - 4 days with freezing highs
Nice solid climate. Nowhere near my ideal, but certainly an improvement over my real-life climate. I like the amount of thought you put into it.
The winters are of course cooler than ideal, and I'd rather have lower humidity than that (though the precip totals are nice), but it's very much an improvement over our climate in all seasons and it doesn't have any less interest factor.
Now I'd like to see what you guys would come up with for my ideal climate and see how well y'all really know my climate tastes
Add 10*F to the average highs and 3-5 to the lows, decrease the humidity a little, and multiply the precipitation by 3 and you have a solid A-grade climate for me.
It might actually be cool to have that kind of seasonal lag into the fall - it's never fun to have an unpleasantly chilly fall following the summer.
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Now I'd like to see what you guys would come up with for my ideal climate and see how well y'all really know my climate tastes
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Add 10*F to the average highs and 3-5 to the lows, decrease the humidity a little, and multiply the precipitation by 3 and you have a solid A-grade climate for me.
It might actually be cool to have that kind of seasonal lag into the fall - it's never fun to have an unpleasantly chilly fall following the summer.
What do you think of the climate of Christmas Island or the one from Maldives? (real climates)
Christmas Island - automatic F. It doesn't matter how good everything else is; if the record high is below 90ºF (32ºC), it automatically fails. That being said, the crazy swings in monthly precipitation totals don't do the climate any favors, either.
And the Maldives are too bloody humid in any case. I'm not good with dew points much above 65 (18).
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Although probably a C+ for myself.
