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I have not included the Channel Islands as they do not really make up the British Isles "archipelago"
BALTASOUND
Coordinates: 60.76°N 0.86°W
Record High: 25.0c/77f
Jan High: 5.4c/42f
Aug High: 14.8c/58f
Record Low: -11.9c/10f
Sun: 1010 hours Baltasound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The temps only tell half the story. Snow is very rare indeed on Scilly, whereas its very common at Baltasound, at least in terms of falling snow if not lying snow.
Very tough choice. Is Baltasound often hit with gails, heavy rain, and snow? I wouldn't expect reliable snow, but I imagine it would often mix in with rain.
Leaning towards St. Mary's for the perfect summers, but I'm not sure yet.
Very tough choice. Is Baltasound often hit with gails, heavy rain, and snow? I wouldn't expect reliable snow, but I imagine it would often mix in with rain.
Leaning towards St. Mary's for the perfect summers, but I'm not sure yet.
Very windy and changeable with squally showers from whenever I've seen it mentioned on TV weather forecasts. It probably snows there on every N'ly/NW'ly between November and April and even the occasional W'ly, but wouldn't last longer than a couple of days. A lot of the snow will get mixed in with rain. Often when the bulk of the country is cold from an E'ly it's actually warmer up there than virtually anywhere else as they stay in the maritime air.
Oh, and the sunrise/sunset times for June for both places are actually an hour later than posted because of daylight savings time.
Very windy and changeable with squally showers from whenever I've seen it mentioned on TV weather forecasts. It probably snows there on every N'ly/NW'ly between November and April and even the occasional W'ly, but wouldn't last longer than a couple of days. A lot of the snow will get mixed in with rain. Often when the bulk of the country is cold from an E'ly it's actually warmer up there than virtually anywhere else as they stay in the maritime air.
Oh, and the sunrise/sunset times for June for both places are actually an hour later than posted because of daylight savings time.
Cool. Based on that I'll go with Baltasound.
St. Mary's is very nice though. Summers are perfect.
No contest-St Mary all the way. Baltasound is just plain grim. St Mary is so much better, but the winter looks rather unpleasant, with 22 days of rain a month and low sunshine hours.
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How is this a contest? Of course Scilly is more tolerable!
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