As an antidote to that digraceful mildness you could try this:

http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/UEEE.html


Tudor Hughes, Warlingham, Surrey.

That got me looking as the 'normal' conditions for Jakutsk.

This page is fairly comprehensive https://weatherspark.com/averages/33...ian-Federation

The amount of cloud cover, even in summer, is pretty depressing. The median cloud cover is 96% and does not vary substantially over the course of the year, there's a graph to rub it in.

Graham
Penzance - where it's currently dull, mild, drizzly. Only 8 days since the summer have failed to reach 8C, a notable figure even for Penzance.