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Colin Youngs writes:
"John Hall" schreef

: Paul Hyett writes:

: On Thu, 7 Jul 2011 at 12:23:36, "Keith (Southend)G" ... wrote:
: *European overview*
6th JULY 2011
: Max °C Min °C Rain (mm)
: 6.4 1.9 2.7 Ny Alesund(8m)

: Does it ever reach 10C there?

: A bit of research turned up that it did so on 21st June, 9th July and
: 20th August last year:
...
: Apparently the temperature once reached 26C there, much higher than
: anything seen last summer or so far this:

Perhaps a nice place for a holiday if you like it cool. There even seems
to be a beach.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27772245@N02/2592265417/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/danilof...no/4291255629/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/2777224...n/photostream/


Yes, quite pretty in a bleak sort of way. In the second photo one can
see what seems to be a Stevenson screen, though rather different from
our British design. So that could well be where the weather data comes
from.
--
John Hall
"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick
themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened."
Winston S Churchill (1874-1965)