What is even more significant is the current reading of Svalbard at latitude
78N, reading +2C in south westerly winds. Its mean January temp is around
minus 15C albeit relatively mild for its northerly location. Actually March
is its coldest month. It has reached 5C in January but as Athens is now 4C,
some 2700 miles further south, it shows that latitude is no guide to
temperature in Europe during winter.

Ian Currie-Coulsdon
www.Frostedearth.com





"Tony Powell" wrote in message
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"Joe Simpkin" wrote in message
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Well even Birmingham has been below minus 15 before. The record for
Berlin
is minus 22 according to
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/c...ml?tt=TT003650


Cheers Joe, looks like it could be on the cards for Berlin to name but one
place as long as the cloud stays away.