Post by Lommaren on Jun 25, 2018 8:24:40 GMT -5
Something bordering D- and E+ for me, ultimately giving D- the benefit of the doubt for the perpetual light (65°N) epic summers. Winters are horrible and cruel, but at the same time, unlike in Northern Sweden's E and F climates, at least you have something to look forward to, and to be honest -10/-20 and -15/-25 doesn't make that big of a difference to me, once it falls below -10°C everything's bad anyway. If the warmth source goes you'll freeze to a solid patch of ice no matter what. If it warms faster in spring, okay, but if it's maritime polar misery like Kiruna I'm not interested.
Think of Fairbanks with a greater warm-water influence in the distance bringing snow in winter and a bit more frequent warmth in summer, but with very strong high-pressure systems in summer enabling higher sunshine.
Oh, and for the record: here you get April snowfall. There's a lake that slightly inflates spring levels of snowfall through lake-effect bursts. March can experience a few mm of rain late in the month through south-westerlies, which makes that less visible there. That is also what explains those warm summer lows in spite of being far inland at 65°N. Sure, the planet is a bit milder than Earth, hence the faster spring warm-up, but it's still not completely impossible under the right circumstances on Earth.
Think of Fairbanks with a greater warm-water influence in the distance bringing snow in winter and a bit more frequent warmth in summer, but with very strong high-pressure systems in summer enabling higher sunshine.
Oh, and for the record: here you get April snowfall. There's a lake that slightly inflates spring levels of snowfall through lake-effect bursts. March can experience a few mm of rain late in the month through south-westerlies, which makes that less visible there. That is also what explains those warm summer lows in spite of being far inland at 65°N. Sure, the planet is a bit milder than Earth, hence the faster spring warm-up, but it's still not completely impossible under the right circumstances on Earth.
