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Post by Morningrise on Feb 7, 2021 13:06:04 GMT -5
Largely unknown compared to the obvious one, this London is a city of about 400,000 people located in the heart of Southwestern Ontario, almost exactly halfway between Toronto and Windsor. Despite being in the same region as those two cities, there are some key differences in the climate - London is colder every month of the year, receives over 50% more snow, and is hundreds of hours cloudier per year (even cloudier than Vancouver). For those reasons, I give it a B. It's definitely one of the better climates in Canada and one that I would be content living in, but it noticeably falls short of Toronto and Windsor which is a real disappointment considering its proximity to them.  |
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Post by FrozenI69 on Feb 7, 2021 13:10:22 GMT -5
Gave it an A. Pretty similar to Detroit, except they are on the side of the lake that gets twice as much snow.
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Post by Benfxmth on Feb 7, 2021 13:11:17 GMT -5
A C- from me
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Post by Steelernation on Feb 7, 2021 13:17:45 GMT -5
It’s like a worse version of Rochester, C-
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 13:19:12 GMT -5
One of Canada's better climates, but still a D from me, eh.
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Post by alex992 on Feb 7, 2021 13:19:35 GMT -5
Solid B - nice climate but could use some more continentality, and presumably doesn't exactly get a stellar amount of thunderstorms.
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Post by gordo on Feb 7, 2021 13:54:06 GMT -5
D. Winter makes the grade plummet.
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Post by Morningrise on Feb 7, 2021 13:54:29 GMT -5
and presumably doesn't exactly get a stellar amount of thunderstorms. Actually, London is the one of the most thunderstorm-prone cities in Canada! It averages the third highest number of days with lightning per year, and the fourth highest number of cloud-to-ground flashes in the 1999-2018 period. 44.1 days with lightning per year in London, compared to 40.5 in Toronto, 38.2 in Calgary, 32.5 in Montreal, 32.1 in Winnipeg, 27.0 in Saskatoon and a pitiful 12.8 in Vancouver. See more here: www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/lightning/statistics/activity-canadian-cities.html |
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Post by alex992 on Feb 7, 2021 13:57:26 GMT -5
and presumably doesn't exactly get a stellar amount of thunderstorms. Actually, London is the one of the most thunderstorm-prone cities in Canada! It averages the third highest number of days with lightning per year, and the fourth highest number of cloud-to-ground flashes in the 1999-2018 period. 44.1 days with lightning per year in London, compared to 40.5 in Toronto, 38.2 in Calgary, 32.5 in Montreal, 32.1 in Winnipeg, 27.0 in Saskatoon and a pitiful 12.8 in Vancouver. See more here: www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/lightning/statistics/activity-canadian-cities.htmlHey, not bad! I assumed due to lake moderation that it wouldn't get much, but that's not bad at all. That makes me upgrade my grade to a solid A-/B+. Guess it's far enough inland to avoid too much moderation. |
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Post by Morningrise on Feb 7, 2021 14:10:22 GMT -5
Actually, London is the one of the most thunderstorm-prone cities in Canada! It averages the third highest number of days with lightning per year, and the fourth highest number of cloud-to-ground flashes in the 1999-2018 period. 44.1 days with lightning per year in London, compared to 40.5 in Toronto, 38.2 in Calgary, 32.5 in Montreal, 32.1 in Winnipeg, 27.0 in Saskatoon and a pitiful 12.8 in Vancouver. See more here: www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/lightning/statistics/activity-canadian-cities.htmlHey, not bad! I assumed due to lake moderation that it wouldn't get much, but that's not bad at all. That makes me upgrade my grade to a solid A-/B+. Guess it's far enough inland to avoid too much moderation. Yeah, it's almost as far inland as you can get in that particular section of SW Ontario, about halfway between Lake Erie and Lake Huron. It averages more thunderstorm days than Toronto despite having cooler summers, so I imagine its inland location must play a significant part in that. |
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Post by dunnowhattoputhere on Feb 7, 2021 14:13:25 GMT -5
A.
Almost perfect.
Could do with being a bit sunnier though, especially September-April which is British levels of cloudiness.
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Post by tommyFL on Feb 7, 2021 15:12:15 GMT -5
D+. Winters too cold.
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Post by deneb78 on Feb 7, 2021 17:39:07 GMT -5
F for fail. Too cold and too much snow in winter.
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Post by Kaleetan on Feb 8, 2021 14:41:09 GMT -5
D - too cold year round and winters are too snowy. I don't mind the sunshine hours though.
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Post by Speagles84 on Feb 8, 2021 14:57:44 GMT -5
B - could be a bit colder in winter, a little snowier, and cooler summer lows. But pretty good overall
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Post by Speagles84 on Feb 10, 2021 8:49:56 GMT -5
Better version of Western PA, A-
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Post by Cadeau on Feb 12, 2021 12:13:46 GMT -5
Grade C. Amazing summers and freezing yet tolerable winters.
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