OT: Science Question

OT: Science Question Jan 24, 2020 0:57:39 GMT

Quote

Post by theravenking on Jan 24, 2020 0:57:39 GMT

Jan 23, 2020 23:47:20 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

Jan 23, 2020 23:19:00 GMT theravenking said:

While this might sound sensible in theory, I don’t think the amount of daylight matters that much when it comes to changes in temperature.

This year we are having a very mild winter here in Central Europe and yet obviously the days are as short as they are each winter. The temperature does not drop automatically just because there is less daylight. On the contrary, often the shortest days around Christmas see a rise in temperature. It is almost a tradition that here in Germany we rarely have snow around Christmas, because for some reason the second half of December often brings a change for the milder weather.

Would it be that Europe had milder winters than North America? You weather ussally comes off the north Atlantic while ours comes from north Canada. the Atlantic is warmer than the Canadian tundra

While this is generally true our winters used to be more normal. Often the weather came from the East, from Russia and Siberia, this was the case in the winter of 2009/2010 which was extremely cold. But recently we often have this really mild air from the Atlantic while the cold air from the Arctic can't reach us. They say it's because of the Polar Vortex, it's the same reason American winters are becoming so extreme.