Rate Climate: Metlakatla, Alaska (snowy, temperature, rainfall, town)

[nei]

Originally Posted by ben86

Ugh, it looks almost exactly like somewhere in the Lake District or southwestern Scotland! (Which gives it an E.)

This is a close match:

Fort William, Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Slightly cooler, but 2° further north. Even the topography is a bit similar. Precipition peak is in the same month (October). Fort William has about the same total precipitation but a little more even; wetter warm season and drier cool season. My guess is Fort William would have a bit lower sunshine hours, if only because of the wetter summers.

[tigre79]

D. Nice summers. The rest of the year is dreadful. Snow is about a million times better than cold rain.

[alex985]

D. Kind of a dreadful climate. And the fact that there is a chance for 50+ degree winter days is also not a good thing.

[cjg5]

Originally Posted by tigre79

Snow is about a million times better than cold rain.

I couldn't agree more! (Unless of course you had said a billion times better instead of a million )

[CairoCanadian]

D from me, not tragically bad, but hardly wonderful.

[dhdh]

Originally Posted by nei

This is a close match:

Fort William, Scotland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Slightly cooler, but 2° further north. Even the topography is a bit similar. Precipition peak is in the same month (October). Fort William has about the same total precipitation but a little more even; wetter warm season and drier cool season. My guess is Fort William would have a bit lower sunshine hours, if only because of the wetter summers.

This is seriously approaching F territory

[Patricius Maximus]

Originally Posted by tigre79

Snow is about a million times better than cold rain.

I completely agree with both you and Cjg5, when it comes to Winter. Cold rain, or any other kind of rain, is unwelcome warmth in Winter when it should just be snowing. Cold rain during that season is awful - however for the rest of the year, March through November, I welcome it with open arms. Outside of the Winter months there's nothing like a good cold rain, and I generally like it during this timeframe.

On the rating I will assess it tomorrow as I am currently tired. However it looks certain to get better than an F from me .

[nei]

Originally Posted by dhdh

This is seriously approaching F territory

Really? It's not too different from Metlakatla. Surely, F should be reserved for something for far worse, for example a mountain above one of these sites

[sulkiercupid]

D-

Too wet, with a year round chill. Doesn't seem to get really cold too often which is at least something.

[Joe90]

D. Pure garbage , although interestingly, it's summer record lows are warmer than the summer record lows here.