General Chat Thread 3 (climate, warm, record, temperatures)

[Ariete]

Originally Posted by alex985

And your year last year is rather terrible, no offense.

Well it was quite awful. No doubt about that.

[Ariete]

The Cyber Arms Race - Mikko Hyppönen:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUotmeaZayE

This is something that affects us all. It's an 1 hour lecture, but informative. Would suggest to watch.

[alex985]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inukjuak#Climate


Perhaps the coldest climate in the world at 58 N. A polar climate at 58 N is rather remarkable, akin to having a tropical climate at 32 N.

[alphatier]

Also strange - percentage wise February and March are the sunniest months there. I assume this is relatively rare for places in high latitudes.

[nei]

November is much cloudier and snowier. I think it's related to the Hudson Bay freezing over. Once it's frozen, weather gets much sunnier. Nain stays wet the whole winter on the Atlantic side:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nain,_...brador#Climate

[alex985]

Originally Posted by alphatier

Also strange - percentage wise February and March are the sunniest months there. I assume this is relatively rare for places in high latitudes.

I would assume the Hudson Bay being completely frozen over those months probably contributes to that?


Iqaluit has a similar pattern:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqaluit#Climate



Both Inukjuak and Iqaluit are remarkably gloomy for such cold climates.

[Wildcat15]

Originally Posted by alex985

And your year last year is rather terrible, no offense.

It's ok, he's not British.

[ben86]

Originally Posted by Wildcat15

It's ok, he's not British.

Well actually we do spell the word "offence", you're right, but American spellings don't really bother me

[Ariete]

2015 was a particularly ugly year, as 8 of the months were above normal, but when it matters (May, June, July, October) they were below normal. Actually, late spring and early summer were the coolest in (digital history since 1961).

Living in this climate we have to grasp onto every positive anomaly we can get (except in winter), and having negative anomalies in May-September spells disaster. Yeah, I'm not English, I don't have to defend it, as the consensus is that the climate is sub-par compared to most posters here.

[BullochResident]

Originally Posted by alex985

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inukjuak#Climate


Perhaps the coldest climate in the world at 58 N. A polar climate at 58 N is rather remarkable, akin to having a tropical climate at 32 N.

Does a tropical climate exist at 32 N? I believe Bermuda misses the mark by about half a degree, if I'm not mistaken and I don't think there's a warmer place at that latitude that isn't arid.