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An interesting side question related to this is how much difference in temperature between winter and summer should there be at a minimum for a place to have a true 4 season climate? Vancouver has a 14.3C difference between warmest summer month and coldest winter month. Clearly many people think this is a large enough difference to qualify.
Only a 10C difference here, but it's still a 4 season climate. It's not a cold winter or hot summer here, but to say those seasons don't happen, would not be correct in scientific terms.
I thought I'd put this out there to see what response I got.
Do you think Vancouver has a true 4 season climate with the classic winter, spring, summer and autumn?
Why or why not?
I think it does but the seasons perhaps are less well defined compared to many other locations.
well, obviously it has four seasons. But there is little distinction between Winter and Autumn, for example.
Only a 10C difference here, but it's still a 4 season climate. It's not a cold winter or hot summer here, but to say those seasons don't happen, would not be correct in scientific terms.
Well, your climate is rather odd. You get freezing rain but hardly any snow. It is really hard to get freezing rain.
You get more sunshine than us despite having a larger maritime influence and you get a larger diurnal difference.- Just doesn't make sense.
I don't know what my Diurnal difference is because the Met Office probably don't have those statistics. Like anything else.
Yes the average daily minimum/maximum temp is greater than the winter/summer difference.
It is a usually more typical feature of semi-arid subtropical climates. I don't think any other Oceanic climates have this feature.
This has been covered previously. I found quite a few instances in NZ where this happens. Takaka at +1.77C had the largest excess of mean diurnal over annual range.
Well, your climate is rather odd. You get freezing rain but hardly any snow. It is really hard to get freezing rain.
You get more sunshine than us despite having a larger maritime influence and you get a larger diurnal difference.- Just doesn't make sense.
I don't know what my Diurnal difference is because the Met Office probably don't have those statistics. Like anything else.
Even though we're both Oceanic climates, being at 41" latitude vs 55" latitude is going to result in differences. More high pressure = more sun= greater diurnal range. Another factor is mountains. Here is as much affected by mountains as sea.
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