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Post by Lommaren on Sept 24, 2017 17:08:58 GMT -5
Yes, those föhn winds are beyond insane. Here on an isolated island, the warmest Sweden ever could muster was 23.6C at Gotska Sandön on 5 August 2014. Not sure what Finland's and Denmark's are, but I'm sure they're lower than that.
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Post by Ariete on Sept 24, 2017 17:35:32 GMT -5
Yes, those föhn winds are beyond insane. Here on an isolated island, the warmest Sweden ever could muster was 23.6C at Gotska Sandön on 5 August 2014. Not sure what Finland's and Denmark's are, but I'm sure they're lower than that. Warmest low recorded in Finland is 24.2C. |
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Post by Lommaren on Sept 24, 2017 18:24:08 GMT -5
Utö?
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Post by Ariete on Sept 24, 2017 18:33:35 GMT -5
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Post by Lommaren on Sept 24, 2017 18:34:49 GMT -5
Where are they? South Coast or "Lake District"?  |
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Post by gordo on Sept 25, 2017 19:41:35 GMT -5
Norway. Only because the west coast gets less snow.
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Post by Lommaren on Sept 26, 2017 4:12:49 GMT -5
I'm amazed Norway are managing to benefit from a Sweden/Finland split to draw level. Most populated areas in Norway are meh year round. Only Oslo has a proper summer and the west coast towns have joke 2/-2 winters everywhere  |
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Post by boombo on Sept 26, 2017 4:18:58 GMT -5
^^ What's more, neither of the Norwegians on here have voted yet!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 7:46:32 GMT -5
I'm amazed Norway are managing to benefit from a Sweden/Finland split to draw level. Most populated areas in Norway are meh year round. Only Oslo has a proper summer and the west coast towns have joke 2/-2 winters everywhere I'm surprised there's a Finland/Sweden split. What does Finland have that Sweden doesn't? |
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Post by Babu on Sept 26, 2017 8:04:25 GMT -5
I'm amazed Norway are managing to benefit from a Sweden/Finland split to draw level. Most populated areas in Norway are meh year round. Only Oslo has a proper summer and the west coast towns have joke 2/-2 winters everywhere I'm surprised there's a Finland/Sweden split. What does Finland have that Sweden doesn't? More continental, and more of it is cold than in Sweden. |
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Post by Ariete on Sept 26, 2017 8:43:56 GMT -5
Baba, this is the newest flora atlas of Finland:  The northernmost oak groves seem to be right across Umeå. |
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Post by Babu on Sept 26, 2017 9:19:14 GMT -5
Baba, this is the newest flora atlas of Finland: The northernmost oak groves seem to be right across Umeå. Nice map, but does that mean there ate a bunch of adult oak trees in the wild across the pond from here?? Also, does anyone know if it's too cool summers or too cold winters that stop them from spreading further north? |
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Post by Ariete on Sept 27, 2017 6:45:41 GMT -5
Nice map, but does that mean there ate a bunch of adult oak trees in the wild across the pond from here?? Also, does anyone know if it's too cool summers or too cold winters that stop them from spreading further north? I have no idea. Those maps are created by individuals walking around in nature. I think the biggest reason is that a lot of the forest is used for the industry, so they prefer fast-growing trees. |
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Post by antares on Oct 1, 2017 23:22:24 GMT -5
Suomi Finland Perkele!
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Post by Babu on Oct 2, 2017 2:16:18 GMT -5
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Post by Beercules on Oct 2, 2017 20:54:03 GMT -5
lol I always thought Sweden looked like a penis with Finland as the balls.
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Post by Babu on Oct 3, 2017 2:07:13 GMT -5
lol I always thought Sweden looked like a penis with Finland as the balls. It's funny, because Sweden is a dick no matter how you lool at it. Either it's a dick from the side with Finland as the balls, or it's a dick from underneath, as if you're about to lick its balls, with Norway as the left ballsack and southern Sweden the right. |
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Post by Nidaros on Oct 5, 2017 12:27:43 GMT -5
You might be thinking about Lærdal, Ben. It's near the head of Sognefjord. So many mountains between Lærdal and the coast (the fjord snakes in between the mountains) that some farms there need irrigation, even if it has a shoreline with the North Sea - as Sognefjord is a part of. www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/L%C3%A6rdal/L%C3%A6rdals%C3%B8yri/statistics.htmlAnother microclimate, this time in the Trondheim region: A mountain valley (Drivdalen) nearly 700 m asl with a very modest 486 mm precip last 12 months - that should mean a very cold place up there - but still the coldest month only had a modest mean of -3.1C and three months with mean above 10C: www.yr.no/place/Norway/S%c3%b8r-Tr%c3%b8ndelag/Oppdal/Drivdalen/statistics.html?spr=engA few others: Warmest "tropical night" inside Arctic circle: low was 24.7C at Grøtøy E of Lofoten (Steigen). Warmest at 71 N: Makkaur lighth with low 24.2C - that is actually along the Varanger peninsula near Vardø and Russia. A few more examples: West of Saltfjell (at the Arctic circle), Glomfjord avg 2000 m/year precip while some 40 km away, Saltdal avg ca 330 mm/ year. Upper Saltdal (Salt Valley) has a special microclimate. It is arguably the "best" climate in the world North of the Arctic Circle. Skjåk, a valley in S-Central Norway, surrounded by mountain, averages 278 mm / year. West of there, at the coast, Brekke averages 3575 mm/year. The current station there is Takle www.yr.no/place/Norway/Sogn_og_Fjordane/Gulen/Brekke/statistics.html This is at the mouth of the same fjord where Lærdal is. www.yr.no/artikkel/norges-vateste-og-torreste-steder-1.11125446Temperature: Nowhere in the Nordics is the temperature difference in summer from lowland to lowland so large in such a short distance as in the Kirkenes area of the extreme NE. South of Kirkenes, the valley can have warmer months than both Oslo and London, while north of Kirkenes, Vardø has tundra-summers. I am also interested in the average highs for Drammen and some valleys W of Oslo. Might be the warmest summer highs not just in Norway but maybe in Scandinavia. Just S of there, Gvarv in Telemark (SW of Oslo) had avg high 29.3C in Aug 1947, and 26.1C for the whole summer (Jun-Aug) of 1947. This also beats the warmest summer ever in England/London to the best of my knowledge. |
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Post by antares on Sept 1, 2023 8:41:16 GMT -5
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Post by CRISPR on Jan 26, 2024 15:15:47 GMT -5
I agree that Sweden is the best for the warmest, longest and sunniest summers of the bunch. Still better than many other countries at 60ºN, especially Canada with tundra at the latitude of Stockholm
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