Cold steppe climate battle: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan vs. Barnaul, Russia (warm, record, temperatures)

[Max96]

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[Mac15]

Russian one. Hated the Canadian praries.

[Rozenn]

Barnaul. It's warmer, which is highly appreciated given the severe winters and gives it decent summers. It's also a tad wetter and has a better sunshine distribution to me. So an overall easy choice despite the similarities.

[P London]

Barnaul

[eastyork]

Very close. It's a toss up
Very similar climates.

I chose Saskatoon, due to slightly higher sunshine hrs and more extreme record highs and lows .

[dunno what to put here]

Saskatoon, summers are closer to my ideal. Otherwise, the decision is almost impossible, as they are both so similar.

[sulkiercupid]

Yep there's very little separating them.

I choose Barnaul, for the slightly higher average temperatures and precipitation. Saskatoon has better sunshine distribution and a cuter name .

[deneb78]

Saskatoon for being drier and having higher sunshine. Although both are solid F- climates to me.

[Candle]

Barnaul is better:

-warmer summers
-warmer winters
-better sunshine distribution

[Max96]

Originally Posted by Candle

-warmer summers
-warmer winters

Despite lower average temperatures, absolute high temperatures in Saskatoon both in summer and winter are higher than in Barnaul.