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Epic fail! Very few similarly sized or larger places have a climate as bad as this one. Barrow is about the only place I can think of that is worse; even Magadan with its 240 days of measurable precip and Punta Arenas with its 30+ mph (48 kph) average wind speeds can do better. Nuuk (Gothaab) in Western Greenland has a warmer average temperature and way warmer winters. There might be some Siberian outposts on the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the 6000+ population range that can match Iqaluit for sheer grotesque, bloody minded weather but even they have to try....
Epic fail! Very few similarly sized or larger places have a climate as bad as this one. Barrow is about the only place I can think of that is worse; even Magadan with its 240 days of measurable precip and Punta Arenas with its 30+ mph (48 kph) average wind speeds can do better. Nuuk (Gothaab) in Western Greenland has a warmer average temperature and way warmer winters. There might be some Siberian outposts on the shores of the Arctic Ocean in the 6000+ population range that can match Iqaluit for sheer grotesque, bloody minded weather but even they have to try....
LOL Hardly! there are at least three large cities in Siberia with much harsher climates than this one, namely Norilsk, Vorkuta, and Yakutsk. Murmansk' winter lasts similarly long, but they enjoy a slightly warmer summer.
D - only not an F because it's interesting for its April sunshine max despite having heavier precipitation than May. I can only guess the summer has a lot of sea fog, and September too with a crazily low sun total compared to March which has less daylight. Total sunshine totals are actually no different to where I live. Temperatures though look horrific with winter dragging on forever - peak snow depth looks like it's in the second half of May!
The record lows don't look that bad at all for such low average minimums. Are there any other small towns in Canada colder than this? Alaska has towns that are much colder.
- Forget the haters, the climate looks pretty comfortable for 8 months of the year. In 100 years, a city the size of new york should grow out from here.
Wow, that is really damn cold, even colder than Yakutsk, Siberia on average. So Canada wins the battle for having the coldest inhabited town in North America
The climate of eastern Canada never ceased to surprise me. It is always much colder than locations at comparable latitudes in Alaska. I give this one an A+. I can do fine without a summer.
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Not true. My paradise has a summer. I take back my harsh "F" and give this one a "B". An "F" is reserved only for hot climates.
The record lows don't look that bad at all for such low average minimums. Are there any other small towns in Canada colder than this? Alaska has towns that are much colder.
- Forget the haters, the climate looks pretty comfortable for 8 months of the year. In 100 years, a city the size of new york should grow out from here.
The only way this place can become a huge city is if they build a huge sealed glass dome on top of it, turning it into a huge greenhouse. Or if the whole planet warms up drastically due to climate change (although in that case it will be under water due to rising ocean level)
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