Post by Mörön on Jan 9, 2018 21:38:10 GMT -5
Here's two places I've been to. I lived in Anchorage a few years so I'm pretty familiar with the climate, and I visited Asahikawa last November just as the first heavy snows fell.
I know it's just anecdotal but 77F in Anchorage (in May) felt extremely hot for whatever reason. The cool summer temperatures aren't so much of a problem in Anchorage as the numbers suggest but it's the summer cloudiness there that is the problem, although spring is exceptionally sunny which is nice with the long daylight hours. Asahikawa looks like it's similarly cloudy in the summer but with more rain on average...and of course much snowier winters. Interestingly, the record low is colder there than in Anchorage.
I'll have to give the edge to Asahikawa though as Anchorage is pretty damn boring. No thunderstorms to speak of, unlike Asahikawa. Blizzards are less common in Anchorage as well...
I know it's just anecdotal but 77F in Anchorage (in May) felt extremely hot for whatever reason. The cool summer temperatures aren't so much of a problem in Anchorage as the numbers suggest but it's the summer cloudiness there that is the problem, although spring is exceptionally sunny which is nice with the long daylight hours. Asahikawa looks like it's similarly cloudy in the summer but with more rain on average...and of course much snowier winters. Interestingly, the record low is colder there than in Anchorage.
I'll have to give the edge to Asahikawa though as Anchorage is pretty damn boring. No thunderstorms to speak of, unlike Asahikawa. Blizzards are less common in Anchorage as well...
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