[Dave K]

So the trial period of September is finished ( see http://www.ukweatherworld.co.uk/forum/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=38802&posts=55&start=1 )and I'm happy to carry on "for real" now provided free time permits with the following rules:

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League will run daily from 1st October to 31st March* broken down into a monthly ranking (posted more or less daily) and a cumulative ranking (given every two weeks or so) for individual sites and nations.

Europe includes for this purpose European Russia west of Urals and Iceland but not any territories in the Arctic Ocean (e.g. Svalbard archipelago).

 

1) Data is taken from Ogimet rankings simply because it is an easy "one stop" resource, so bad luck to places without published Synop reports I'm afraid;
2) Only locations at altitude < 500m asl are eligible, arbitrary elevation which allows for elevated plateau but not mountainous sites;
3) Points will be awarded for the 5 lowest minima each day ( 09Z - 09Z ): 5 for coldest, then 4, then 3 then 2 then 1;
4) Points will only be awarded for a minimum below 0.0 °C, so fewer than 5 places could get points on any day;
5) In the event of a tie, the tie breaker will be lowest daily mean temp, if still equal then lowest daily max, if still equal then points are split;
6) No restrictions on number of locations by nations per day.

* I have to hope that proposed discontinuance of synop reporting ( see http://www.ukweather...osts=13&start=1 ) does not affect provision of data to Ogimet or ability to examine raw data in case of doubts...otherwise it may end on 31st October!

[Dave K]

Day's stats for 1st October, lowest minimum so far during this project:

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			01/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Nikkaluokta	Sweden	467	-7.8	5
Shar'ya	Russia	125	-7.1	4
Latnivaara	Sweden	453	-6.7	3
Hemavan A	Sweden	458	-5.9	2
Börtnan	Sweden	467	-5.8	1

[Dave K]

Stats for 2nd October

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			02/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Nikkaluokta	Sweden	467	-7.7	5
Kotlas	Russia	56	-5.2	4
Chernushka	Russia	142	-5.0	3
Nikol'sk	Russia	136	-4.9	2
Ob'Yachevo	Russia	153	-4.7	1

[Dave K]

Stats for 3rd October. With a mild southerly flow over Scandinavia and huge HP sat over Russia for the next few days Russia should dominate the low temperature scoring for a while.  As an aside, in Asian Russia, Toko in eastern Siberia at a latitude of 56.3°N had a minimum of -23.4 °C (the lowest I've yet seen for Siberia this autumn).

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[Dave K]

Daily stats for 4th October, predictably with current synoptics it's a clean sweep for Russia. None of these locations are especially far north except Lovozero in the Kola Peninsular. City of Tambov becomes most southerly location to enter scoring ( roughly same latitude as Nottingham or Wicklow).

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Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Cherepovets	Russia	131	-6.4	5
Maksatikha	Russia	140	-6.1	4
Nikolo-Poloma	Russia	144	-5.2	3
Lovozero	Russia	161	-4.3	2
Tambov	Russia	139	-4.3	1

[Dave K]

Daily stats for 5th October. And for today's trivia, Ryazan' was the birthplace of the well known psychologist Pavlov ( and his dog presumably), ring any bells?

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			05/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Ryazan'	Russia	158	-6.2	5
Maksatikha	Russia	140	-6.1	4
Cherepovets	Russia	131	-5.9	3
Staritsa	Russia	185	-5.6	2
Vyaz'ma	Russia	253	-5.2	1

[snow hope]

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Ivan_Pavlov

Yes, Pavlov discovered by experiment that he could 'condition' dogs and by association therefore humans could be conditioned into certain behaviours..... memories from 1st year Uni - a long time ago.... :)

[Dave K]

Stats for 6th October with map showing location of current league leader. Good to see another nation enter the scoring.

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[Dave K]

Daily points scores for 7th October, back to another clean sweep for Russia.

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			07/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Shar'ya	Russia	125	-6.2	5
Maksatikha	Russia	140	-5.9	4
Tikhvin	Russia	61	-5.8	3
Cherepovets	Russia	131	-5.6	2
Sura	Russia	66	-5.1	1

[Dave K]

Daily scores for 8th October, Northern Sweden dipped back below freezing again in places but the real cold confined to locations under the centre of the blocking anticyclone again.  Will update league table and national rankings tomorrow. 

For today's trivia, the town of Shar'ya has its own TV company and is twinned with Great Falls, Montana  

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			08/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Shar'ya	Russia	125	-7.4	5
Cherepovets	Russia	131	-6.2	4
Nikol'sk	Russia	136	-6.1	3
Maksatikha	Russia	140	-6.0	2
Lyntupy	Belarus	209	-5.0	1

[Dave K]

Daily stats for 9th October etc, Shar'ya has the lowest minimum for the 3rd day/night running.

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[Dave K]

Daily stats for 10th October, Shar'ya daily winners yet again, and another clean sweep for Russia.

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			10/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Shar'ya	Russia	125	-7.6	5
Glazov	Russia	170	-5.8	4
Chulpanovo	Russia	80	-5.7	3
Staritsa	Russia	185	-5.4	2
Maksatikha	Russia	140	-5.2	1

[Dave K]

Daily stats for 11th October, change in the synoptics and it's all Scandinavia once again...the 'A' after some Swedish stations signifies an automatic weather station so some places have both manual and automatic I guess.

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			11/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Sveg A	Sweden	362	-7.4	5
Gustavsfors	Sweden	187	-5.9	4
Malung A	Sweden	306	-5.7	3
Malung	Sweden	308	-5.5	2
Aurskog	Norway	128	-5.3	1

[Dave K]

Daily stats and league table for 12th October. The lowest minumum so far and the coldest night generally - same was true for Finland but nowhere quite cold enough to enter the scoring.

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[Dave K]

Some supplementary info about Kautokeino, Norway:

Last 12 full months: Highest temperature was 23.5 °C (18. May. 2010) and the lowest -41.6 °C (21. Feb. 2010). Highest daily precipitation was 40.6 mm (21. Jun. 2010). Maximum snow depth was 59 cm (31. Mar. 2010).

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Location with red marker

[Dave K]

Daily stats for 13th October. Another clean sweep for Sweden.   Meanwhile over in Siberia, Sukhana in Yakutia hit a low of -29.8 °C...

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			13/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Nikkaluokta	Sweden	467	-8.2	5
Latnivaara	Sweden	453	-7.9	4
Jokkmokk fpl	Sweden	275	-6.1	3
Lakaträsk	Sweden	185	-6.0	2
Vilhelmina	Sweden	348	-5.4	1

[Dave K]

Daily update of scores for 14th October. Finally, Finland enters the scoring this month...

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			14/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Latnivaara	Sweden	453	-6.7	5
Nattavaara	Sweden	327	-6.3	4
Kilpisjärvi	Finland	478	-6.2	3
Kautokeino	Norway	305	-6.1	2
Jokkmokk fpl	Sweden	275	-5.9	1

[Dave K]

Daily update of scores for 15th October, cold plunge starting to hit Sweden now. Will update league table and national rankings tomorrow.

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			15/10/2010
Location	Country	m asl	Min °C	Points
Kvikkjokk Arrenjarka A	Sweden	320	-9.7	5
Latnivaara	Sweden	453	-9.7	4
Vidsel	Sweden	180	-7.7	3
Gustavsfors	Sweden	187	-7.4	2
Vilhelmina	Sweden	348	-7.2	1

[Dave K]

Complete update to the 16th. Latnivaara rising in the table to challenge for top spot before long I should think.

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[Dave K]

N.B. Now turns out that the minimum for Vidsel on 16th was actually -11.9 °C, it doesn't change anything on the tables above though.