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Milford Sound is too closed in by mountains imo, and the sandflies are a bit much, I've lived in a place with with about two thirds of Milford's rainfall, and it wasn't an issue -rains tends to be heavy and clear quickly in such places. Soil fertility is typically meant to be low in wet climates, but wasn't an issue where I was.
The diurnal range with high rainfall is pretty standard in NZ, as clear skies generally follow heavy rain - Can find places with 4000mm-5000mm and 11C average range. Not sure what the sunshine hours for Milford are -could be some obstruction possibly.
Milford Sound is too closed in by mountains imo, and the sandflies are a bit much, I've lived in a place with with about two thirds of Milford's rainfall, and it wasn't an issue -rains tends to be heavy and clear quickly in such places. Soil fertility is typically meant to be low in wet climates, but wasn't an issue where I was.
The diurnal range with high rainfall is pretty standard in NZ, as clear skies generally follow heavy rain - Can find places with 4000mm-5000mm and 11C average range. Not sure what the sunshine hours for Milford are -could be some obstruction possibly.
The scenario I have for my thread is if Milford Sound wasn't as closed in by mountains. If there was more room to grow. As for the sandflies, they don't keep away the thousands of visitors.
One interesting thing is that by looking at places on the west coast of NZ's South Island on Tutipempo.net, I noticed that on heavy rain days the temperature tends to stay the same as the average temperature. While in the Pacific Northwest and western Norway on rainy days the temperature is more likely to drop to below the average especially in the warmer season. I wonder why this is so and if this is why clear skies usually follow heavy rain on South Island.
Quibdo has a much much higher evaporation rate than Milford Sound due to much higher temperatures that more than cancel out the higher rainfall, plus much higher sun angle year round, combined with longer days for 6 months every year
Quibdo has a much much higher evaporation rate than Milford Sound due to much higher temperatures that more than cancel out the higher rainfall, plus much higher sun angle year round, combined with longer days for 6 months every year
This still doesn't change the fact that lots of places in Canada have no easy access to farm land for half the year. Milford Sound might not being to have crops but it's far closer to croplands then Manitoba is from November to April. Yet in Manitoba there's a city with more then 500,00 people.
The scenario I have for my thread is if Milford Sound wasn't as closed in by mountains. If there was more room to grow. As for the sandflies, they don't keep away the thousands of visitors.
One interesting thing is that by looking at places on the west coast of NZ's South Island on Tutipempo.net, I noticed that on heavy rain days the temperature tends to stay the same as the average temperature. While in the Pacific Northwest and western Norway on rainy days the temperature is more likely to drop to below the average especially in the warmer season. I wonder why this is so and if this is why clear skies usually follow heavy rain on South Island.
The heavy rainfalls in those western and also some northern locations are associated with northerly quadrant airflows. Nevertheless above average temperatures at Milford and West Coast locales require drier setups. On the east coasts a heavy rain event may not necessarily be followed by clear skies.
It's livable as there is plenty of rain and the temperatures aren't that extreme. On the other hand it would be hell to me as there is way too much rainfall and the summers are absolutely pathetic temperature wise.
The heavy rainfalls in those western and also some northern locations are associated with northerly quadrant airflows. Nevertheless above average temperatures at Milford and West Coast locales require drier setups. On the east coasts a heavy rain event may not necessarily be followed by clear skies.
Northely quadrant airflows. Does that mean that winds tend to come from the south and head north in heavy rain days? It seems to me that that would mean that temperatures in heavy rainfall would be below average.
It's livable as there is plenty of rain and the temperatures aren't that extreme. On the other hand it would be hell to me as there is way too much rainfall and the summers are absolutely pathetic temperature wise.
Not much seasonal variation in temperatures, but I do like the cool summers and don't mind the humid rainy climate at all. From the photos , it looks like a beautiful place with a lot of lush greenery and interesting landforms.
This still doesn't change the fact that lots of places in Canada have no easy access to farm land for half the year. Milford Sound might not being to have crops but it's far closer to croplands then Manitoba is from November to April. Yet in Manitoba there's a city with more then 500,00 people.
And there are also places such as Tiksi which also manages to have 4,556 as of 2016 in a tundra climate, though the population is falling fast. However there are other subarctic climate cities that have very fast growth rates since 2010.
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