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Old 02-26-2012, 05:23 PM
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Precisely the point, because continental interiors are usually variable, and islands in the ocean are usually not .

I agree, if we're talking about variability within maritime climates, not whether a place is actually variable or not. I apply standards as it relates to the whole planet, universally not relatively. The United Kingdom is variable as far as maritime climates go, I will admit. So let's leave it at that.
Well I think the UK as an island can reach the variability levels of the interior of New England, they're probably both variable on a planet wide scale.
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Old 02-26-2012, 07:01 PM
 
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It seems to me that very few Southern Hemisphere cities have even average lows that drop below freezing and no inhabited places at all have average daily highs that are below freezing... For cities that have average lows below freezing only Canberra barely makes the grade at -0.1°C in Australia. In South America, La Paz (depending on elevation), San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Gallegos and Punta Arenas are the only relatively large centres as far as I can tell (greater than 100,000) that have average lows a couple of degrees below freezing... In Africa, as far as I can tell, the only large city (greater than 100,000) that has average lows below freezing is Bloemfontein in South Africa.

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Old 02-27-2012, 05:05 AM
 
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It seems to me that very few Southern Hemisphere cities have even average lows that drop below freezing and no inhabited places at all have average daily highs that are below freezing...
That's quite true, if you exclude Antarctica, which I believe you're (justifiably) doing. However, I'd certainly consider the year-round outposts in Antarctica to be inhabited sites, and they pass the subfreezing test easily .
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Old 02-28-2012, 11:46 AM
 
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Never.
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Old 02-28-2012, 03:46 PM
 
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Well I think the UK as an island can reach the variability levels of the interior of New England, they're probably both variable on a planet wide scale.
I think the main difference is return periods. Inland Southern England and parts of New england might both have extreme highs of around 100f, but in Old England they are a 1 in 100 year event, whereas in New England a 1 in 10 year event.
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Old 10-25-2013, 11:20 PM
 
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December 11 - February 17.
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Old 10-26-2013, 12:51 AM
 
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Lows average at or below freezing from early November to mid-April here.

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Old 10-26-2013, 07:49 PM
 
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If we are talking the mean, then it is below freezing between November 25th and February 16th.

ETA: Oops, I just noticed that the OP was asking for the low. That would be between November 5th and March 23rd.

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Old 10-26-2013, 08:39 PM
 
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The average low here rises above 0C on February 29th, which only occurs once every four years. And it dips back below 0C on December 23rd.
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Old 10-26-2013, 09:23 PM
 
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The average low here rises above 0C on February 29th, which only occurs once every four years. And it dips back below 0C on December 23rd.
Isn't it supposed to be December 13th and March 7th.
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