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Post by Lommaren on Dec 30, 2017 5:26:55 GMT -5
Flores Island's station in Santa Cruz at the airport is the northernmost IPMA weather station in the Azores, and arguably similar in latitudal anomaly to Lofoten in Norway, purely by the virtue of this place at 39°N in the continental hemisphere so to speak, never having received an air frost. I'm fairly sure it and neighbour Corvo Island are the furthermost points of land from equator that never have done so. It is located right in the pathway of the most intense Gulf Stream moderation imaginable and a massive 500 km west of even Ponta Delgada. As isolated as the latter may be, Flores and northerly neighbour Corvo are so isolated they're on the North American Plate and the westernmost point of the "conventional EU" is on the western edge of Flores. The climate is a truly unique one. Rain days doesn't tell the full story though since it's just days above 0.1 mm which frankly is a bit ridiculous. I think the real figures for above 1 mm would be something like 170 days or something. That being said, the cloud cover will come as a result of the Gulf Stream low pressure systems that moderate the climate to a ludicrous degree. In fact, the climate is just as mild as Ponta Delgada and this one is located above 39°N, so receives 12°C avg winter lows in a climate that has a peak sun angle range of merely 27°-74°! I genuinely appreciate it being so mild and also the relatively weak sun angles in exchange for the permanent warmth. For my skin, the absence of sun at that latitude would perhaps even help out. The air would also be some of the cleanest in the world being that isolated. So it narrowly escapes A- and therefore gets a straight A for its daylight cycle alone. Not one of the very best in the world, but would still be a tremendous place to live, but wouldn't go without an umbrella   |
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Post by Moron on Dec 30, 2017 5:34:11 GMT -5
Awful cloudy, cold and most likely windy winters. Summers are cool with little sunlight in a place that would get 14.5-15 hours of light/day in summer. Also the variability- although it is on an island- is poor.
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Post by Lommaren on Dec 30, 2017 5:36:17 GMT -5
Awful cloudy, cold and most likely windy winters. Summers are cool with little sunlight in a place that would get 14.5-15 hours of light/day in summer. Also the variability- although it is on an island- is poor. What's the grade like Noodle?  |
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Post by Moron on Dec 30, 2017 5:38:57 GMT -5
Oh yeah, that thing, D. Only July-September will be decent with August feeling like winter on reunion island, which isnt bad.
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Post by Lommaren on Dec 30, 2017 5:40:52 GMT -5
Oh yeah, that thing, D. Only July-September will be decent with August feeling like winter on reunion island, which isnt bad. Just got a little confused you neither had said or or voted but yeah  I can see your point. Coming from, and being used to, Perth, I could probably have a bit of a different takeaway on that one. It's just such a massive improvement on mine to get regular 25°C summer highs and crazy mild winters that I fawn over things like these, especially this time of the year  |
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Post by Babu on Dec 30, 2017 6:12:06 GMT -5
How can this make most latitudinal alonamy when Barcelona has over 18'C mean at over 40'N!
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Post by Lommaren on Dec 30, 2017 6:16:50 GMT -5
How can this make most latitudinal alonamy when Barcelona has over 18'C mean at over 40'N! Winters 14.1°C mean with that sun angle for the coldest month if just nuts. Hell, even Valencia has a mere 11.9°C mean on that very latitude and it's the subtropical haven in Southern Europe. Coldest month: Flores 14.1 Agadir 14.1 Santa Barbara 14.1 Beirut 14.0 LA International Airport 13.7 Tripoli 13.4 Perth 13.1 Sydney 13.0 Tel Aviv 12.9 Galveston 12.9 Luqa 12.5 Oxnard 12.4 Sagres 12.4 San Bernardino 12.3 Málaga 12.1 Heraklion 12.0 Valencia 11.9 Larnaca 11.8 Jacksonville 11.7 Lisbon 11.6 Syracuse 11.1 Auckland 10.9 Murcia 10.6 San Jose 10.0 Also add that the more north you go, the less influence of the tropics you get (lex Florida vs New York and those enormous differences). |
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Post by Hlidskjalf on Dec 30, 2017 9:38:32 GMT -5
B-. The temperatures are nice, although a couple of degrees too cold in winter. There's too cloudy and rainy for my taste. Still million times better than here though.
The canary islands 10 degrees further south are almost optimal. I've been there several times on different times of the year and have not been disappointed at all. With the exception of cockroaches of course.
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Post by Beercules on Dec 30, 2017 10:04:48 GMT -5
D+
Temps are a gardener's dream, and you'd never need A/C or heating but horrendously cloudy and wet. Far too monotonous. Had no ideas the Azores are that cloudy, I was made aware of these islands from that Air Crash Investigation Episode, looks like those guys were damn lucky to catch some clear weather.
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Post by Lommaren on Dec 30, 2017 10:10:33 GMT -5
D+ Temps are a gardener's dream, and you'd never need A/C or heating but horrendously cloudy and wet. Far too monotonous. Had no ideas the Azores are that cloudy, I was made aware of these islands from that Air Crash Investigation Episode, looks like those guys were damn lucky to catch some clear weather. Eastern Azores has about 1,800-1,900 hours of sunshine, but the closer to actual Gulf Stream you get the more maritime and wetter it gets |
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Post by knot on Dec 30, 2017 10:15:19 GMT -5
E–. At least it's got some nice precipitation amounts and pleasant winter lows (the only good season in that shithole). Otherwise, much too bland year-round!
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Post by Steelernation on Dec 30, 2017 16:05:51 GMT -5
F+. Awful cool, rainy, mild, boring winters and mild, drizzly, cloudy summers.
The + is for pleasant temps.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2017 16:37:56 GMT -5
C til I saw the rain and sun hours, now it's a D.
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Post by alex992 on Dec 30, 2017 16:56:59 GMT -5
I nearly fell asleep looking at the climate chart. An E only because of high precip and comfy temps.
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Post by longaotian on Dec 31, 2017 3:33:38 GMT -5
E. Awfully cloudy and way too many precipitation days. The winters are dreadful.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2017 3:35:52 GMT -5
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Post by ilmc90 on Dec 31, 2017 10:29:01 GMT -5
C
Not bad for the relatively comfortable temperatures, ample rainfall, and low sunshine hours. It would get kind of monotonous after a while and I'd miss being able to experience some colder/more variable conditions.
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I can see your point. Coming from, and being used to, Perth, I could probably have a bit of a different takeaway on that one. It's just such a massive improvement on mine to get regular 25°C summer highs and crazy mild winters that I fawn over things like these, especially this time of the year 
