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I found it quite interesting to compare my dream climate and tärnajokk's, as we both have some awful (or good) features.
tärnajokk's dream climate is a cold winter, mild summer four season climate. Winter lasts from late October to early April, a short shoulder season and then transition to a 3-month mild summer, then comes the depressing fall. It's climate type is subarctic.
My dream climate is a cool/cold winter and cool summer four season climate. Winter lasts from Late November to Early March, very snowy and moderately cold. There is polar night from 1 Dec - 11 Jan. Next is the other major season, summer. Most summer days have somewhat cool or mild days and nights straddling freezing with overnight snow on some days. There is usually a heat wave, plunging temps into the low 30s C once a year. Polar day lasts from 1 Jun - 11 Jul. Spring and Autumn don't really have specific character, being a mix of winter and summer. It's climate type is tundra.
Is having the brutally cold winters and depressing fall of tärnajokk's dream climate's worth in exchange for a mildly cold climate without a true summer, but with the novelty of 24-hour sunlight in June? You decide...
Well, I'd actually vote for mine (what a surprise), but since you didn't vote for yours, I won't vote, either...
I just have to add that I changed my dream climate a bit recently... here it is:
So, basically, April got a bit warmer, July as well, snowfall was reduced from 800 to 650 cm, record highs were adjusted a bit, summers are cloudier now, whereas winters are a little less gloomy.. you can ignore the Humidex and the Daily means since I didn't adjust them, yet...
and I have to say that your dream climate is a really freaky one... I really have no clue what I would rate it... I'm totally fine with your cool summer avg highs, since I don't have a problem with cooler summers than in my dream climate... warmer summers are a lot worse. And that's why i find your record highs kind of annoying ;-).. and then there are the really strange avg lows with snowfall occuring in all months... The snowfall would be ok, but the lows are really a bit too low for me ;-)
Well, tärnajokk, dream climate is DREAM climate, it is fictional and just for fun, it doesn't matter if it's real or not XD
I am actually quite surprised by the votes, I thought your gloomy fall is depressing, but it seems that the people don't care... Let's see when more people vote.
yes... my fall is definetely pretty scary for most people but I think the people prefer my dream climate only because it has some sort of "real" summers (although they are very short and cool).
It was kind of a hard one, 50/50 for both. The OP's climate was better suited for me and I would have preferred that one, as it had freezing lows even in summer, but the record highs in the summer are crazy compared to tarnajokk's climate.
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