Short question for my fellow cd members in the weather forum, please answer (records, temperatures)

[Joe90]

It's a revelation to me that people in the UK wouldn't view the climate as temperate -Britain almost seems to define temperate.

[Eman Resu VIII]

Originally Posted by Joe90

It's a revelation to me that people in the UK wouldn't view the climate as temperate -Britain almost seems to define temperate.

Too cold. Temperate to me means you can be outside and not feel extremes of temperature. You can freeze to death in blighty. But then the thread was asking for subjective definitions.

[andy z]

Cool temperate climates. These areas are characterized by precipitation during winter falling as snow and include mountainous and low-lying regions.

[Eman Resu VIII]

My idea of temperate is this:

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

We all shouldn't forget that Koppen was a drunkard, and Russian at that. That combination makes for a cold-hardy type, not surprising when you look at his definitions of subtropical.

[andy z]

The Köppen Climate Classification subtype for this climate is "Csa". (Mediterranean Climate).

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Eman Resu VIII

Too cold. Temperate to me means you can be outside and not feel extremes of temperature. You can freeze to death in blighty. But then the thread was asking for subjective definitions.

I'm sure you would notice extremes of temperature in the Azores though.

The thought that Motueka wouldn't be considered temperate, seems odd - the warmest locations around here, have warmer winter minimums than the Azores, so that would mean that some areas here are temperate , while 5km away is non temperate

[Eman Resu VIII]

Originally Posted by Joe90

I'm sure you would notice extremes of temperature in the Azores though.

The thought that Motueka wouldn't be considered temperate, seems odd - the warmest locations around here, have warmer winter minimums than the Azores, so that would mean that some areas here are temperate , while 5km away is non temperate

Well a place with average lows in winter at 12 degrees and has never exceeded 29 degrees in summer seems a lot more temperate to me than somewhere that there can be blizzards of blowing snow and -05 like northern England.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by Eman Resu VIII

Well a place with average lows in winter at 12 degrees and has never exceeded 29 degrees in summer seems a lot more temperate to me than somewhere that there can be blizzards of blowing snow and -05 like northern England.

So what's your cut off point for temperate, in numbers?

[Eman Resu VIII]

Originally Posted by Joe90

So what's your cut off point for temperate, in numbers?

Somewhere that rarely falls below 5-6 in winter and rarely exceeds 30-32 summer.

[andy z]

Originally Posted by Eman Resu VIII

Well a place with average lows in winter at 12 degrees and has never exceeded 29 degrees in summer seems a lot more temperate to me than somewhere that there can be blizzards of blowing snow and -05 like northern England.

Which hardly ever happens, even in the North.