Climate scavenger hunt (march, coldest, Alaska, Miami)

[Shalop]

Originally Posted by Shalop

Find:

1. A climate with average highs above 15C (60F) from May to September and average lows below -23C (-10F) from November to March.

2. A climate with average lows above 20C (68F) from June to August and average highs below -7C (20F) from December to February.

3. A climate within the Arctic Circle that gets more than 1000 mm (40 in) of precipitation annually.

4. A climate in the Northern Hemisphere with an annual mean less than -30C (-22F).

5. A climate with an annual average high greater than 13C (55F) and an annual average low less than -7C (20F).

Originally Posted by glasnostyFro

1. Hard to say, Ulaangom would be the closest place I can think of
2. Karamay
3. Tromso
4.
5. Bodie, Ca

Mohe satisfies the conditions in (1):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohe_C...hy_and_climate


Summit Camp works for (4):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit_Camp#Climate

[Shalop]

Find:

1. A Middle Eastern climate that has recorded temps below -35C (-31F). Middle East being defined as this region except Turkey.

2. A climate between 35S and 35N that has recorded temps less than -45C (-49F) and gets more than 650 mm (25 in) of precip per year.

3. A climate between 0N and 50N with record lows below -45C (-49F) from December to March.

4. A climate outside Antarctica which gets more than 450 sunshine hours in some month.

5. A climate which gets more than 6500mm (260 in) of precip per year, and has a record high above 100F (37.8C).

6. A climate which gets more than 200 inches (510 cm) of snow per year, and has record lows below -40C (-40F).

[Crunch41]

6) Asahikawa, Japan at 293"/743cm and -41C/-42F. It's at 43.8N and has a population of 352,000.

I was able to find a few places in North America as well, but none come close to the size of Asahikawa.

Thompson Pass, Alaska (552"/1401cm) comes very close with a record low of -39F. There are only about 20 years of temperature data so it has probably seen -40 at some point. It's uninhabited, 2805ft/855m and 61.1N.

Forêt Montmorency, Quebec (source) has a record low of -42C/-44F and averages 620cm/244". It's a "biodiversity reserve" at 47.3N and 640m/2100ft, about 70 km north of Quebec city.

Cape Dyer A, Nunavut gets 566cm/223" despite an annual average of -11C/12F. The record low is -47.2C/-53F. It is at 66"35'N and 393m/1290ft on the east coast of Baffin Island and looks uninhabited. The snow depth stats are shocking:

300 days with snow cover of 1cm or greater, only 6 less than Alert.
266 days with snow cover of 20cm/8" or greater (way more than Alert and probably one of the highest of anywhere not covered in ice)
Maximum snow depth 330cm/130" in January, with 6 months of the year having a record snow depth > 200cm and 10 months > 100cm.
October snowfall of 95cm/37", with an average of 0.95 days seeing snowfall of 25cm/10"


In the continental US:

Herman, Michigan has a record low of -40F and averages 229"/582cm. Elevation 1740ft/530m. It's a tiny unincorporated town, probably less than 100 people.

Old_Forge,_New_York has a record low of -52F and at least one place gives them an average over 200", but the 1971-2000 normal is 195"/495cm. It used to be a village with about 1000 people but merged with the town of Webb, NY (population 1807). Elevation is 1730ft/527m.

There are probably several places in the Rocky mountains that meet this but I don't know if any are inhabited. For example, Snake River, Wyoming gets 269"/683cm and has a record low of -46F but it's at 6880ft/2100m and probably uninhabited.

[Maxwell Senf]

This is more difficult than I thought it would be: find a city in the US with an average temperature of 59F and in which July is 36F warmer than January.

[B87]

Originally Posted by Maxwell Senf

This is more difficult than I thought it would be: find a city in the US with an average temperature of 59F and in which July is 36F warmer than January.

Richmond, VA is close.

[AJ1013]

Find

1. A climate more than 40* north that has recorded a temperature equal to or greater than it's record July max in EVERY MONTH.

2. A climate which has average highs of greater than 75F in it's coldest month but has recorded snowfall.

[Shalop]

Originally Posted by AJ1013

2. A climate which has average highs of greater than 75F in it's coldest month but has recorded snowfall.

Miami doesn't count, right? Because there was never officially snowfall. And T inches doesn't count either right (it has to be bigger or equal to 0.1 inches)?

[AJ1013]

Originally Posted by Shalop

Miami doesn't count, right? Because there was never officially snowfall. And T inches doesn't count either right (it has to be bigger than 0.1 inches)?

I count a trace. And yes, I was looking for Miami. I don't know of anywhere else that would fit that criteria.

[Shalop]

Originally Posted by AJ1013

I count a trace. And yes, I was looking for Miami. I don't know of anywhere else that would fit that criteria.

Eureka CA for the first one.

Miami for second.

[AJ1013]

Originally Posted by Shalop

Eureka CA for the first one.

Miami for second.

Got it.

You have any?