On Monday, 22 December 2014 04:46:33 UTC+13, Graham Easterling wrote:

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.

The cloud cover statements don't square with EducaPlus's tables which allege Yakutsk averages about 2190 hours of sunshine per annum. Something certainly doesn't "add up" here ...