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Post by rpvan on Apr 3, 2018 22:08:14 GMT -5
Canadian climate battle here. Nelson, located in south east BC, has a humid continental climate with short cool/snowy winters and warm/dry summers: Nelson, BC St John's, the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador is located on the shore of the Atlantic Ocean and thus has a fairly temperate climate. It is known for its stormy winters which feature both heavy snow and rain. While winters are fairly mild, spring is very cold due to pronounced seasonal lag. Winters drag into May or even early June at times. Summer is fairly short but relatively mild and dry. Fall is similar to that of the coastal PNW. St. John's, NL |
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Post by Steelernation on Apr 3, 2018 22:10:33 GMT -5
Nelson. No comparison. Itโs a C, surprisingly similar to Rochester...St Johns is an F.
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Post by jgtheone on Apr 3, 2018 22:11:50 GMT -5
Nelson easily.
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Post by rpvan on Apr 3, 2018 22:15:00 GMT -5
Nelson. No comparison. Itโs a C, surprisingly similar to Rochester...St Johns is an F. I agree with St John's. Nelson is an A IMO. Probably my favorite climate in Canada. |
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Post by ๐๐ฟMรถrรถn๐๐ฟ on Apr 3, 2018 22:19:31 GMT -5
Nelson would be A+ material if the summers had about 50mm more rain, which is right around where St. John's summer precipitation averages are.
But as it is, Nelson is far superior.
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Post by nei on Apr 3, 2018 22:22:34 GMT -5
Wonder how they compare sunshine-wise. I assume Nelson is better. Nelson looks very similar to a northern Idaho climate I made a climate battle for, it's not that far from the US border. Climate is ok, colder overall than I'd like but nice snowfall. St. John's =  |
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Post by Crunch41 on Apr 3, 2018 22:49:53 GMT -5
Castlegar, BC Castlegar is about 25km from Nelson in the same valley. It gets less than 20% sun for 3 months. I'd use that place as a guess. BC has some places with really low sun hours in winter. I'm not sure if it's just really cloudy, if the sun is blocked by mountains, or both. Cranbrook, BCGolden, BC Golden is even worse. Less than 10% for 3 months. January is 5%.  Boise, ID The largest city in Idaho is noticeably cloudy in winter but much sunnier than the BC places. Spokane, WA Spokane, Washington is cloudy in winter too. .
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Post by knot on Apr 4, 2018 1:31:12 GMT -5
Nelson, B.C.
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Post by Babu on Apr 4, 2018 2:01:43 GMT -5
If Nelson weren't cloudy and had 2500h of subshine it'd be an A climate
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Post by Beercules on Apr 4, 2018 2:19:03 GMT -5
Nelson by far.
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Post by rpvan on Apr 4, 2018 16:50:21 GMT -5
Nelson, as it scores better by inland standards than St. John's does on maritime standards. Nelson is fucken epic apart from its subantarctic winter highs! Surprised you didn't pick St. John's as I thought you really preferred cold/stormy climates. ----- Looks like this battle could be a Nelson sweep! |
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Post by deneb78 on Apr 4, 2018 17:14:12 GMT -5
Nelson. Overall less snowy, drier and warmer.
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Post by nei on Apr 6, 2018 15:40:51 GMT -5
Castlegar, BC Castlegar is about 25km from Nelson in the same valley. It gets less than 20% sun for 3 months. I'd use that place as a guess. BC has some places with really low sun hours in winter. I'm not sure if it's just really cloudy, if the sun is blocked by mountains, or both. Cranbrook, BCGolden, BC Golden is even worse. Less than 10% for 3 months. January is 5%. Boise, ID The largest city in Idaho is noticeably cloudy in winter but much sunnier than the BC places. Spokane, WA Spokane, Washington is cloudy in winter too. . I think they're all from mountains blocking low sun; I'm skeptical of sunshine %'s < 20%; many lowland climates in the Pacific Northwest and coastal British aren't that low. British Columbia seems to have more towns in steep sided valleys than other places in the West; maybe not the highest mountains but got great topography. |
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Post by Lommaren on Apr 6, 2018 16:32:38 GMT -5
I think we have an easy winner here  Nelson is miles better. |
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Post by rpvan on Apr 6, 2018 17:33:53 GMT -5
Castlegar, BC Castlegar is about 25km from Nelson in the same valley. It gets less than 20% sun for 3 months. I'd use that place as a guess. BC has some places with really low sun hours in winter. I'm not sure if it's just really cloudy, if the sun is blocked by mountains, or both. Cranbrook, BCGolden, BC Golden is even worse. Less than 10% for 3 months. January is 5%. Boise, ID The largest city in Idaho is noticeably cloudy in winter but much sunnier than the BC places. Spokane, WA Spokane, Washington is cloudy in winter too. . I think they're all from mountains blocking low sun; I'm skeptical of sunshine %'s < 20%; many lowland climates in the Pacific Northwest and coastal British aren't that low. British Columbia seems to have more towns in steep sided valleys than other places in the West; maybe not the highest mountains but got great topography. I can believe those numbers as it is due to the steep sided valleys. I've been to Golden many times and it gets dark very fast even in the summer on sunny days. Nelson is similar. Lillooet too. |
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Post by ๐๐ฟMรถrรถn๐๐ฟ on Jun 26, 2019 15:34:35 GMT -5
changed vote to St John's. Nelson is too prone to summer drought and smoke.
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Post by tij on Jun 26, 2019 16:14:36 GMT -5
Nelson is what Minneapolis should be, with a gorgeous precip pattern and a glorious, albeit brief summer to top it off! St john's sounds awful, what a miserable "spring."
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Post by omegaraptor on Jun 26, 2019 16:26:16 GMT -5
April colder than November in St John's, WTF?
Nelson by far. Not even close.
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Post by AJ1013 on Jun 26, 2019 16:36:17 GMT -5
Nelson by 1000 miles.
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Post by Lommaren on Jun 26, 2019 17:44:32 GMT -5
April colder than November in St John's, WTF? Nelson by far. Not even close. The Labrador Current influence and the cold ocean waters in winter cause very cold springs all through the Canadian Maritimes and that November being warmer than April is fairly common in my experience for those coastal climates. In the Newfoundland's interior, April and November are about equal, for example in Gander. |
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