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Old 08-28-2013, 02:45 AM
 
Location: Vernon, British Columbia
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In north America I've found 3 places in the ~52 degree N range that have recorded freezing at least once on almost every day of the year, but what place has recorded freezing every day of the year? Somewhere high in the mountains of Colorado perhaps?


Tatlayoko Lake (~52N, 124 W, elev. 870m): Frost every day except July 21 and 22.
Barkerville (53N, 121W, elev 1283m): All except July 21.
Big Creek (52N, 123W, elev 1175): All except July 15.
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Old 08-28-2013, 10:46 AM
 
Location: South Jersey
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Not an inhabited place anymore, but at 38N, and also one of the neatest climates I've come across:

Bodie, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 08-28-2013, 11:06 AM
 
Location: Vernon, British Columbia
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Close enough (Barkerville above is also a ghost town). It's amazing that the average low is so close to freezing in the height of summer!

I've noticed that the western areas of the west (Sierra Nevada/Cascade/Coast/etc.) get a lot colder at night than the eastern areas in the west (Rockies, etc.) even when we compare the same elevation and latitude. I wonder why this is.
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Old 08-28-2013, 11:10 AM
 
Location: South Jersey
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Close enough (Barkerville above is also a ghost town). It's amazing that the average low is so close to freezing in the height of summer!

I've noticed that the western areas of the west (Sierra Nevada/Cascade/Coast/etc.) get a lot colder at night than the eastern areas in the west (Rockies, etc.) even when we compare the same elevation and latitude. I wonder why this is.
I think this is explained by chinook winds.
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Old 08-28-2013, 11:12 AM
 
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Surely there's some little Ecuadorian village high up in the Andes virtually right on the equator that would take this title.
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Old 08-28-2013, 12:53 PM
 
Location: In transition
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I think La Rinconada, Peru would take that title

La Rinconada, Peru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 08-28-2013, 01:28 PM
 
Location: North West Northern Ireland.
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Not an inhabited place anymore, but at 38N, and also one of the neatest climates I've come across:

Bodie, California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WOW! Love the summer diurnal range there!
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Location: Western Massachusetts
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I've noticed that the western areas of the west (Sierra Nevada/Cascade/Coast/etc.) get a lot colder at night than the eastern areas in the west (Rockies, etc.) even when we compare the same elevation and latitude. I wonder why this is.
I think it's because the overall average elevation of the land, where the sun hits the ground and causes heating is higher. 8000 feet in the Rockies feel less high up in the mountains than most the Pacific Coastal mountains.

//www.city-data.com/forum/weath...l#post30578283

Also, Bodie seems to be a frost hollow and it's on the drier eastern side of the mountains. This Californian station has far warmer nights and is slightly higher in elevation:

GEM LAKE, CALIFORNIA - Climate Summary

Bodie gets a lot of snow considering its aridity and relatively mild days.
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Old 08-28-2013, 06:49 PM
 
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Possibly the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia, around 20 degrees S. Not as close to the equator as La Rinconada.
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Old 08-28-2013, 07:45 PM
 
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But La Rinconada's elevation is so high that it can record frost any day, assuming a 6.4C lapse rate.
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