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Wikipedia now has a climate graph for Grise Fiord, the northernmost town in Canada, after several years of missing a climate graph for it. The town of Grise Fiord has 129 people and can only be reached by airplane (or by boat during the summer months). Grise Fiord is located on southern Ellesmere Island and therefore has a polar climate that is well below freezing most of the year. Another source says that temperature extremes have ranged from 72°F to -80°F and that strong winds are common. What would you rate climate of Grise Fiord?
F+ but not worse, because as a Southern Ontarian it's perfectly fine 4 months of the year (albeit it's not my definition of summer), and hospitable enough for 6 months.
Wikipedia now has a climate graph for Grise Fiord, the northernmost town in Canada, after several years of missing a climate graph for it. The town of Grise Fiord has 129 people and can only be reached by airplane (or by boat during the summer months). Grise Fiord is located on southern Ellesmere Island and therefore has a polar climate that is well below freezing most of the year. Another source says that temperature extremes have ranged from 72°F to -80°F and that strong winds are common. What would you rate climate of Grise Fiord?
F. Complete fail. I would probably prefer Dallol over this climate.
I wouldn't. Grise Fiord DOES have seasonality and summers are at least semi comfortable.
For reference, my ideal climate has temperatures of about 30 F / 12 F (-1 C / -11 C) in the coldest month and 90 F / 72 F (32 C / 22 C) in the hottest month.
Dallol has very little overlap with this (an average winter day is about on the same level as a summer heat wave) and there's ABSOLUTELY no winter or even comfortable season, the seasons are "really hot" and "hell".
Grise Fiord's summers have average temperatures to my ideal March or November, and May and Sept-Oct in Grise Fiord are still like my ideal winter.
Grise Fiord is semi-comfortable three months of the year, and only really dangerously cold for six months of the year. And you know what they say, you can always put on layers but you can't take off layers.
I wouldn't. Grise Fiord DOES have seasonality and summers are at least semi comfortable.
For reference, my ideal climate has temperatures of about 30 F / 12 F (-1 C / -11 C) in the coldest month and 90 F / 72 F (32 C / 22 C) in the hottest month.
Dallol has very little overlap with this (an average winter day is about on the same level as a summer heat wave) and there's ABSOLUTELY no winter or even comfortable season, the seasons are "really hot" and "hell".
Grise Fiord's summers have average temperatures to my ideal March or November, and May and Sept-Oct in Grise Fiord are still like my ideal winter.
Grise Fiord is semi-comfortable three months of the year, and only really dangerously cold for six months of the year. And you know what they say, you can always put on layers but you can't take off layers.
Grise Fiord is semi-comfortable for two months and tolerable for another two months. The other eight months are unbearably cold. -5 C feels freezing cold to me so I can't imagine -30 C.
Dallol has comfortable mornings for most of the year. I have experienced 45 C (albeit low humidity) so I know what to expect during the daytime. In comparison, Grise Fiord reaches unimaginable temperatures for 6 months in my case.
Plus, lack of warmth and sunshine becomes depressing over time. And then there's polar night.
F- and that is being generous, way too cold year round to be even quasi tolerable.
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