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Post by Lommaren on Feb 3, 2019 14:07:26 GMT -5
In my dream climate, I'd prefer a frost every other year and snow traces every 10 years, because having snow in a climate usually leads to too many days in the single-digits. That being said, in my current climate I'd prefer three months with means below -2°C. That aside, it would still correspond to no months meeting the OP's definition anyway. So, frost and snow rarely is my conclusion. Even though I love snowfalls as individual events, the single-digit price is not worth it compared to solid 18-26°C high temperatures year round.
The perfect Nyköping pattern for me would be:
December: 0/-4 January: -1/-6 February: 0/-6
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Post by Speagles84 on Feb 4, 2019 7:25:18 GMT -5
By that criteria, two or three months would be satisfactory for me. With snowfall on the majority of days I'd tend to lean more towards two months, but if it was on the drier side I could definitely do three. Ah, I just realized re-reading this thread that my original definition should say Snow cover on most days not snow fall  |
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Post by srfoskey on Feb 5, 2019 18:37:06 GMT -5
I'd like some periods of a couple weeks that meet your definition, but no month in my dream climate is cold or snowy enough for your definition. I think a better set of criteria would be a mean temp below 4°C/39°F, rare temperatures above 20°C/68°F and snow fall or snow cover of at least a trace on at least one quarter of days. My dream climate would in that case have three months of winter.
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Post by Speagles84 on Feb 12, 2019 20:53:28 GMT -5
I'd like some periods of a couple weeks that meet your definition, but no month in my dream climate is cold or snowy enough for your definition. I think a better set of criteria would be a mean temp below 4°C/39°F, rare temperatures above 20°C/68°F and snow fall or snow cover of at least a trace on at least one quarter of days. My dream climate would in that case have three months of winter. In my opinion, what you are describing here is a late fall month or early spring month- not winter. |
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Post by tij on Feb 14, 2019 13:53:03 GMT -5
I'd like some periods of a couple weeks that meet your definition, but no month in my dream climate is cold or snowy enough for your definition. I think a better set of criteria would be a mean temp below 4°C/39°F, rare temperatures above 20°C/68°F and snow fall or snow cover of at least a trace on at least one quarter of days. My dream climate would in that case have three months of winter. In my opinion, what you are describing here is a late fall month or early spring month- not winter. t That could very well be his preferred winter in his own dream climate, which may not conform to your own definition of the season. That being said, meteorological winter can be sometimes defined as a 0C mean on average, so your standards would be too cold and theirs could be too mild for one potential "objective" view of winter... Perhaps you should have specified, "according to my definition" in the poll statement? |
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Post by Speagles84 on Feb 14, 2019 14:01:20 GMT -5
See question above. In this scenario, a winter month is: - Average monthly high of 30F (-1.1C) or below - Average monthly low of 15F (-9.4C) or below - Absolute maximum temperature of 50F (10.0C) - Snow cover on majority of days read the original post |
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