Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
A very impressive seasonal swing! June and July even have higher average highs than Seattle does!
I like four seasons, I like how dry this climate is, good sunshine totals, but the winters are just TOO cold on average for me.
I give it a D overall but would give it a much higher grade if winters were warmer. How about a Fairbanks winter with a Yakutsk summer. Now that would be pretty awesome!
Oddly though I didn't comment on the last one, so here goes:
Too dry for my liking year-round, though the summers are pretty decent (sunnier/warmer than I'd generally prefer, but maybe I'd welcome that after such a cold winter?). I'm dubious about that high winter humidity with those temperatures and precip. levels, as I've heard from those who've been that Siberian winters don't feel as bad as you'd think because of the dry air. Either way, that's 4-5 months of having to be really careful of wrapping up in proper winter clothing, and it's not like they even have that much snow. I would be curious about what those sunny March days (their March is sunnier than our June/July!!) with a high of -12C (i.e. the coldest high I've ever seen in my life) actually feel like though - presumably nothing like as cold. D-.
The data is old. Yakutsk had warmed up significantly in the past 10 years, so did Norilsk. This summer alone, Norilsk had at least half a month of 90+ degrees for nighttime temperatures. Yautsks' winter is also becoming warmer and more or less resembling current day Norilsk.
The data is old. Yakutsk had warmed up significantly in the past 10 years, so did Norilsk. This summer alone, Norilsk had at least half a month of 90+ degrees for nighttime temperatures. Yautsks' winter is also becoming warmer and more or less resembling current day Norilsk.
^^^ Always trying to downplay Siberia's cold and overhype Alaska's? I would like too see your link with half a month worth of 90+ nights in Norilsk.
I voted C in the other thread, basically for interest purposes. Still I have no envy whatsoever to live in a place that has such severe winters. So I'll lower my grade to D. If it was only for comfort purposes, I would give it an E, but this climate is too cool for such a harsh grade.
Quote:
Originally Posted by ben86
I'm dubious about that high winter humidity with those temperatures and precip. levels, as I've heard from those who've been that Siberian winters don't feel as bad as you'd think because of the dry air.
I'm not sure if the relative humidity is really meaningful at these temps. The air is so cold that it will still be very dry in absolute terms even if humidity is 100%. Maybe a forumer living in a severe cold-prone place has some experience with it?
The data is old. Yakutsk had warmed up significantly in the past 10 years, so did Norilsk. This summer alone, Norilsk had at least half a month of 90+ degrees for nighttime temperatures. Yautsks' winter is also becoming warmer and more or less resembling current day Norilsk.
I'd love to see evidence of those nights! In fact, that is a ridiculous statement. Dubai yes, Russia absolutely not.
Norilsk averaged 12.1/19.6°C last July with the warmest minimum at 18.6°C (and highest max at 30.5°C, so there's no max that even reached 90°F). This is surprisingly warm and tremendously above average, but obviously still very far from Kaul's numbers.
What impresses me (from the same website) is that you can see that many days in summer record 20 hours of bright sunshine or more (including June 21, 2012 which recorded 22.4 hours - I'd love to experience that once!)
Last edited by nei; 09-11-2012 at 05:08 PM..
Reason: rude, let's not have a flame war
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
