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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 11:38:09 GMT -5
Are there any station in your country that often record, weird, seemingly illogical temperatures? My pick for Wales would be Aberdaron, it's a very strange station if Wikipedia is to be believed. Being situated at the west coast of the UK, Aberdaron has a distinct maritime climate, with mild winters and cool summers. That is not to say that extremes cannot occur. In fact, some extraordinary temperature extremes have been recorded:
- On 2 August 1995, Aberdaron equaled the highest ever August minimum temperature in Wales, at 22 °C, after recording the record high temperature for the village of 29.2 °C on the same day[188]
- On 20 December 1998, the maximum temperature at Aberdaron was below average at 5 °C. The very next day, the highest December temperature ever observed in the UK was recorded there, at 20.1 °C. Yet the average temperature for that day was just 6.4 °C[189]
- On 9 July 2009, Aberdaron equaled the lowest ever temperature for the UK for July, at -2.5 °C[190]
- All of the record lows except for November and December were recorded in 2009, and they were all below freezing.[191]
- Despite the fact that Aberdaron can have quite extreme weather, the number of frosts per year is very low, at around 7.2 days per year. This is comparable with coastal areas of Devon and Cornwall. The region, England NW and Wales N, averages 52.3 days, with December alone exceeding the average yearly amount of frost for Aberdaron. The village is generally quite windy throughout the year, particularly in Autumn and Winter. Sunshine amounts are lower than the UK average. Rainfall is well below the Wales averageen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdaron#Climate |
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Post by boombo on Sept 28, 2017 11:48:02 GMT -5
Can't think of one for England but if we're talking about the UK I'll use Aboyne in north-east Scotland.
Aboyne is sheltered by the Grampian mountain range, so it's prone to foehn effects when the wind comes from the SW, but really crap cloudy and cold weather when the easterly winds come off the North Sea in summer. It holds the January high record for the whole of the UK at 18.3C, and more impressively recorded a higher average Tmax in March 2012 (14.2C) than in June 2012 (14.1C)!
The sunshine statistics for nearby Aberdeen that year are a sight to behold as well, considering we're talking about somewhere at 57N with big differences in daylight between summer and winter:
Aberdeen Dyce airport:
January 2012: 83.3 hours (+52%) beat
June 2012: 80.8 hours (-44%) and...
July 2012: 69.4 hours (-52%)
March 2012: 163.9 hours (+45%) beat both June and July put together!
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Post by boombo on Sept 28, 2017 11:59:47 GMT -5
Are there any station in your country that often record, weird, seemingly illogical temperatures? My pick for Wales would be Aberdaron, it's a very strange station if Wikipedia is to be believed.
- On 2 August 1995, Aberdaron equaled the highest ever August minimum temperature in Wales, at 22 °C, after recording the record high temperature for the village of 29.2 °C on the same day[188]
- On 20 December 1998, the maximum temperature at Aberdaron was below average at 5 °C. The very next day, the highest December temperature ever observed in the UK was recorded there, at 20.1 °C. Yet the average temperature for that day was just 6.4 °C[189]
- On 9 July 2009, Aberdaron equaled the lowest ever temperature for the UK for July, at -2.5 °C[190]
- All of the record lows except for November and December were recorded in 2009, and they were all below freezing.[191]
- Despite the fact that Aberdaron can have quite extreme weather, the number of frosts per year is very low, at around 7.2 days per year. This is comparable with coastal areas of Devon and Cornwall. The region, England NW and Wales N, averages 52.3 days, with December alone exceeding the average yearly amount of frost for Aberdaron. The village is generally quite windy throughout the year, particularly in Autumn and Winter. Sunshine amounts are lower than the UK average. Rainfall is well below the Wales averageen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberdaron#ClimateIt looks like somebody's trolling you there, if you have a look at the Met Office stats: www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate-extremes/#?tab=climateExtremesThe 22C overnight low in August 1995 was in Porthmadog, so maybe it happened in Aberdaron as well even if it's not quoted, the highest UK December temperature is certainly not 20.1C, the UK record low for July is -2.5C but it was in Scotland, and it doesn't sound plausible for 10 of the record lows to have been set in 2009 and all to have been below freezing given where it is. The 7.2 frosts a year thing does appears to be strange but true though: www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/climate/gcksk1fypWhat an absolute ASS of a climate anyway, no winter or summer!  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 12:08:42 GMT -5
It said it was the joint coldest July day, and what is the December record high? But it does all seem far-fetched. No idea what orifice those numbers have been pulled out of.
It did seem very odd. It looks as though people can away with anything on Wikipedia, just take a look at that Benidorm climate box!
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Post by alex992 on Sept 28, 2017 12:10:00 GMT -5
Where's YTITTY, the Wikipedia warrior, when you need him?
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Post by boombo on Sept 28, 2017 12:16:53 GMT -5
It said it was the joint coldest July day, and what is the December record high? But it does all seem far-fetched. No idea what orifice those numbers have been pulled out of. It did seem very odd. It looks as though people can away with anything on Wikipedia, just take a look at that Benidorm climate box! It's all in the link I posted, the Wales record low for July is only -1.5C and that was in Powys, and the Welsh record high for December was 18.0C in Aber. Aber actually has the record for the latest ever 20C temperature anywhere in the UK, 17th November 1994 and at 7 pm as well, so after dark! www.weatheronline.co.uk/reports/philip-eden/Warm-winds-from-the-south.htm |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2017 12:19:24 GMT -5
Aber actually has the record for the latest ever 20C temperature anywhere in the UK, 17th November 1994 and at 7 pm as well, so after dark! The night before I was born  |
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Post by glacier on Sept 28, 2017 13:15:46 GMT -5
For Canada there are several. Eureka, Nunavut is one. It's the coldest place in Canada in the winter and annually, but is much warmer than any other place that high in the Arctic. It's also the driest place in Canada.
Henderson Lake, BC is another, though they no longer keep records there. It's on Vancouver Island, and can get 0ver 9 meters of rain in a given year.
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Post by Lommaren on Sept 28, 2017 13:47:24 GMT -5
Hm... good question. Ultimately, I'd have to go with North Öland. That really is a weird one, it's warmer than shielded Kalmar farther south even during daytime, while nights are insanely warm in summer. It's like a hinterland on steroids in spite of being an outpost of an island. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96land#Climate |
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Post by Nidaros on Sept 29, 2017 11:11:27 GMT -5
Not sure, but some candidates could be Sunndalsøra, Saltdal, Karasjok, Sigdal-Nedre Eggedal
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Post by Lommaren on Sept 29, 2017 12:17:01 GMT -5
Is Karasjok because of its intense cold?  |
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Post by Nidaros on Sept 29, 2017 13:34:00 GMT -5
Is Karasjok because of its intense cold? It is because of Karasjok's continentality, which beats everything in Norway. So the cold is an important part of it. Partly Siberian vegetation in those river valleys of Eastern Finnmark. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 4, 2017 6:49:05 GMT -5
Bondi Beach.
It's situated between Sydney CBD and Sydney Airport, and yet its diurnal ranges are just extremely too narrow in related to the aforementioned cities - The nights are warmer by 4C on average. I call BS. If it isn't defective, then it's a really weird station. Could be situated in a muggy, low-lying area. Don't know...
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Post by Babu on Oct 4, 2017 6:52:08 GMT -5
Bondi Beach. It's situated between Sydney CBD and Sydney Airport, and yet its diurnal ranges are just extremely too narrow in related to the aforementioned cities - The nights are warmer by 4C on average. I call BS. If it isn't defective, then it's a really weird station. Could be situated in a muggy, low-lying area. Don't know... Where's the data? |
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Post by Beercules on Oct 4, 2017 7:05:37 GMT -5
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Post by jgtheone on Oct 4, 2017 7:26:14 GMT -5
1.7°C/38.0°C? SURELY that's an error  (for 5/12/2009) |
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Post by Ethereal on Apr 16, 2022 22:26:04 GMT -5
Bondi Beach. It's situated between Sydney CBD and Sydney Airport, and yet its diurnal ranges are just extremely too narrow in related to the aforementioned cities - The nights are warmer by 4C on average. I call BS. If it isn't defective, then it's a really weird station. Could be situated in a muggy, low-lying area. Don't know... Where's the data? There. You can see how abnormally high the lows tend to be. Right now they lows are around 12-14C through the city, but Bondi approach 17-18C |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2022 11:56:04 GMT -5
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(for 5/12/2009)