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Travel Weather

in Europe

The weather is basically the same as in the USA but they measure it differently.

Temperature is in centigrade, rainfall in centimeters, and windspeed in km/hr.

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Most of Europe is north of Chicago, and none of
it is as far south as Atlanta or Los Angeles. However, this won't tell
you much about the weather.

The warm Gulf Stream, starting out south of Florida, passes all the
way up the west coast of Europe. The Gulf Stream moderates temperatures
throughout Europe. Norwegian harbors hundreds of miles north of the Arctic
Circle rarely freeze. But cold winds sweep down from the Arctic and clash
with the vapor above this warm water creating an almost constant drizzle over
much of northern and central
Europe. The result is generally cooler, wetter, and more changeable weather
than in America during the summer, but the winters are not nearly as harsh.

For example, London, about 800 miles further north than Chicago, has
average January temperatures about 15 degrees warmer and it seldom freezes.
Chicago can be subfreezing for weeks on end, and intermittently for six
months.

As you go east and get deeper into Europe, you get away from the influences
of the ocean and the weather becomes more extreme in summer and winter. Going
south, the Alps and the Pyrenees mountain ranges block the north winds
giving the Mediterranean areas hot summers and mild winters.

A great book to have if you are living in Europe is

Fair Weather Travel in Western Europe by Edward D. Powers. It has plenty of historical data for major cities.
The maps and explanations will make you a meteorologist in short order.

Travelers "doing all of Europe" will meet all kinds of weather. Dress
in layers to be ready for everything. See
chapter 5 of How To Europe,
What to Wear in Europe
for the practicalities of your travel wardrobe.

Convert That

The Temperature

Europe uses the Centigrade temperature scale. It is also called the
Celsius temperature scale after Anders Celsius, the Swedish astronomer
who invented it.

Temperature conversion benchmarks:

Centigrade, °C

-20

-15

-10

-5

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

Fahrenheit
^oF

-4

5

14

23

32

41

50

59

68

77

86

95

104

Notice that for every 5°C change there is a 9°F change. To make exact conversions use the following formulas:

°C= (^oF - 32)*(5/9)

Subtract 32 from Fahrenheit and multiply by 5/9 to get Centigrade.

^oF = (°C*9/5) + 32

Multiply Centigrade by 9/5 and then add 32 to get Fahrenheit.

The Rains

Rainfall is measured in centimeters, cm. One inch equals 2.54 cm. So if you have 10 cm of rain
you have about 4". That is a lot of rain for one day.

The Winds

Wind speed is measured in kilometers per hour, km/hr. One mile equals 1.62 kilometers. If you have a
real blow at 100 km/hr that would be about 62 mph.

More Metric

For a complete explanation of the metric system see chapter 27,

The Metric System in Europe:

Traveling with Grams, Meters, Liters, and Celsius
.

NOTE TO READERS

I welcome questions and comments. If you have any concerns about your trip to
Europe that have not been covered well enough in this chapter do not hesitate to write and ask.

When you write please include as much detail as possible. There are about 50 countries in Europe
and they're not all the same like Kansas and Nebraska.
It will help me answer your questions if you mention the countries and/or cities you plan to visit.
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Quality Weather Links

Current weather conditions and forecasts are available from a large number of web sites.
Links to several of them are given here.

- Michelin Weather

- Wunderground

- USA Today

- World Climate

Affiliates

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Cheap Student Airfare

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Table of Contents

HOW TO EUROPE

The Complete Travelers Handbook

All of the text, updated to July 2011, is available on line, FREE.
Updated photographs with captions are available on line for those chapters as noted
"with illustrations."

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Chapter 1, with illustrations.

What's It All About?

In Europe, Travel Like a Native

Chapter 2

On Budget in Europe

Travel Costs

Chapter 3

Passport and Visas

Identity and Travel Documents for Europe

Chapter 4

Flying to Europe

Travel Starts at the Airport

Chapter 5

What to Wear in Europe

Travel Clothes for all Occasions

Chapter 6

Your Packing List for Europe

A Short List for Travelers

Chapter 7

Luggage for Europe

Let It Roll

Chapter 8

Cash, ATMs, Credit Cards

Travel Money in Europe

Chapter 9

Your Travel Diary of Europe

Notes Supplement Your Photos

Chapter 10

Europe Guide Books and Maps

Travel in Europe with a Good Guide Book

Chapter 11

Electricity in Europe

Travel Voltage Fundamentals

Chapter 12, with illustrations.

Photography in Europe

Travel with Your Camera

Chapter 13

Bring a Smile

Travel Europe in Good Attitude

Chapter 14

European Hotels, Hostels, B&Bs, and Private Homes

Sleep Options for Travel in Europe

Chapter 15

Eating In Europe

Travel on Your Belly

Chapter 16

City Transport in Europe

Travel by Bus, Streetcar, Subway, Taxi, Bike, and Shoe Leather

Chapter 17, part 1,

with illustrations.

Trains in Europe

Travel Europe by Train, Bus, and Ferry

Chapter 17, part 2,

with illustrations.

European Rail Stations

Travel Europe by Train

Chapter 17, part 3,

with illustrations.

Night Trains in Europe

City to City While You Sleep

Chapter 17, part 4,

with illustrations.

Europe's Bus and Ship Services

Hit the Road or Take a Ferry

Chapter 18,
with illustrations.

Driving in Europe

Travel by Car, Van, or Motorcycle

Chapter 19, part 1

Telephoning to, from, and within Europe

City Codes, 10-10, telephone cards, cell phones, PTT

Chapter 19, part 2

Sending Snail Mail to & from Europe

Air Mail, Priority Mail, PTT, Poste Restante, Amex

Chapter 19, part 3

Internet and Email in Europe

Cyber Cafes, Keyboards, Password, Your Laptop

Chapter 19, part 4

Telegrams

Wiring Cash and Keeping in Touch

Chapter 20

Health and Safety in Europe

Travel in Confidence but with Caution

Chapter 21

Working in Europe

Travel for Free

Chapter 22, part 1

Moving to Europe

Travel to the Max as an Expatriate

Chapter 22, part 2

Living in Europe

Travel to the Max as an Expatriate

Chapter 23, with illustrations.

Shopping in Europe

Buy Your Souvenirs, Gifts, and Stuff You Can't Live Without

Chapter 24

Shipping Your Treasures Home from Europe

Travelers Have a Number of Options

Chapter 25

Passing Customs in Europe

Know the Rules When Crossing Borders

Chapter 26

European Languages, Numbers, Alphabets

Encounter The Tower of Babel in Europe

Chapter 27

Metric System in Europe

Travel with Grams, Meters, Liters, and Celsius

Chapter 28

Time and Dates in Europe

Travel in a Different Time Zone

Chapter 29

Weather in Europe

Travel with Your Umbrella

Chapter 30

Melding with Europe

Travel Is Interesting and Entertaining

The Finale

Packing List and Last Call

For Travel In Europe

Learn the basic infrastructure:

Prime Travel Data

Elementary Travel Information for Europe

Austria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Slovakia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Utilize John Bermont's exclusive:

TRAVELERS YELLOW PAGES

A Directory of Links to Products, Services, and Information

Airlines to Europe

National Tourist Offices

City Tourist Offices

City Information and Tours

Country Information and Tours

Luggage and Backpacks

Discount Air Travel

Villas and Homes for Rent

Hostels in Europe

Hotels in Europe

Auto Rental in Europe

Rail Services of Europe

Eclectic Travel Sites

Internet Search Engines

Photography

Guide Books for Europe

Educational Programs

Newsletters from Europe

Personal Travel Pages

Personal Trip Planning

Get open hours, costs, locations, and more:

Travelers Portfolio

Essential Visitors Information for the Top Sights of Europe



Amsterdam



Anne Frank Huis

Rijksmuseum

Van Gogh Museum



London



British Museum

Buckingham Palace

National Gallery

Natural History Museum

Palace of Westminster

St. Paul's Cathedral

Tower of London

Westminster Abbey



Paris

coming soon



Arc de Triomphe

Tour Eiffel

Hôtel des Invalides

Musée de l'Armée

Opera

Montmarte

Cathédrale Notre Dame

Musée d'Orsay

Musée du Louvre

Exchange rates, weather, maps:

Up-To-The-Minute

Be informed before you go.


Money Exchange

Currency exchange rates, including the euro, British pound, Swiss Frank.



Weather in Europe

Current European weather conditions and forecasts. Good luck.



Maps and Time Zones

Free online maps of Europe. Guide to setting your watch ahead.

Captioned photos from Europe

PhotoLog

Pictures of what we do in Europe.


Queen's Day

Holland hosts a great one-day party, annually on April 30. Here is the action in Haarlem and Amsterdam.


Keukenhof

A beautiful huge tulip garden blooms during middle spring. We made a leisurely bike ride from Haarlem.


Bull Flight

My daughter Stephanie enters the ring and encounters a baby bull in Spain, then flies for her life!

O hey Europe
Stephanie's Blog. A 22 year old spends a month in Paris, with a weekend diversion
to La Baule on the Atlantic coast.

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Last Call checklists

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FLAGS of EUROPE

Austria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

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Get open hours, costs, locations, and more: Travelers Portfolio Essential Visitors Information for the Top Sights of Europe
	Amsterdam Anne Frank Huis Rijksmuseum Van Gogh Museum	London British Museum Buckingham Palace National Gallery Natural History Museum Palace of Westminster St. Paul's Cathedral Tower of London Westminster Abbey	Paris coming soon Arc de Triomphe Tour Eiffel Hôtel des Invalides Musée de l'Armée Opera Montmarte Cathédrale Notre Dame Musée d'Orsay Musée du Louvre

Copyright Internet edition © 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2002, 2001 James J. Broad All rights reserved. Tous droits réservés. This is copyrighted material. Do not reproduce, copy, plagiarize, store, modify, extract, transmit, or purloin any part of this publication in any nation in any form or by any means or for any purpose whatsoever without permission in writing. Webmasters: You may link the URL http://www.enjoy-europe.com/weather5.html freely on your site. Please do. When you link please send the URL for your linking page and a crosslink will be installed in one of the categories of the TRAVELERS YELLOW PAGES to your site if it has significant content for travelers in Europe. Travelers: You may print one copy of this chapter for your personal use. To order the complete book with all of the captioned photographs see the next section below. Permissions: If you want to copy any of this material to your web site, book, article, or term paper please ask first. Note that plagiarism includes paraphrasing text and even copying ideas. Everything on this page is original. Students, professors, journalists, and writers are outed almost every day, caught stealing the works of others and presenting it as their own work. Then they make excuses when caught. Then they are thrown out of school or fired, or they run for Vice President when they get away with it. At least one other travel writer has plagiarized heavily from my work, claiming and getting credit for writing a few dozen books every year. Some of his books have included my work for years on end, without credit. For honorable people, permissions are freely granted so you don't need to steal and lie. Just say where you found the information and ideas. For permissions contact: johnbermont@enjoy-europe.com. Privacy Policy: No personal information is collected when you visit this site. To read the complete privacy policy go to Privacy Policy. Site Map: To see everything on this site in one compact listing go to Site Map
Buy it here: The original do-it-yourself travel guide to Europe. ^SM 470 pages 7" x 10" softcover 345 b/w photos Last Call checklists and detailed index © 2003 ISBN 0-940792-69-9 $28.50 Order from Amazon.com
Read more about it at: HOW TO EUROPE The Complete Travelers Handbook 2011 — Our 29th Anniversary! Utilities: Home to www.enjoy-europe.com To the top of this page E-Mail to John Bermont Meet the Author Type Ctrl d to bookmark this page.
enjoy-europe Travel with John Bermont * * * Mastering Independent Budget Travel * * *

Learn the basic infrastructure: Prime Travel Data Elementary Travel Information for Europe
	Austria Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland	France Germany Greece Ireland Italy	Luxembourg Netherlands Norway Portugal Slovakia	Spain Sweden Switzerland United Kingdom

Utilize John Bermont's exclusive: TRAVELERS YELLOW PAGES A Directory of Links to Products, Services, and Information
	Airlines to Europe National Tourist Offices City Tourist Offices City Information and Tours Country Information and Tours Luggage and Backpacks Discount Air Travel	Villas and Homes for Rent Hostels in Europe Hotels in Europe Auto Rental in Europe Rail Services of Europe Eclectic Travel Sites Internet Search Engines	Photography Guide Books for Europe Educational Programs Newsletters from Europe Personal Travel Pages Personal Trip Planning

Exchange rates, weather, maps: Up-To-The-Minute Be informed before you go.
	Money Exchange Currency exchange rates, including the euro, British pound, Swiss Frank.	Weather in Europe Current European weather conditions and forecasts. Good luck.	Maps and Time Zones Free online maps of Europe. Guide to setting your watch ahead.

Captioned photos from Europe PhotoLog Pictures of what we do in Europe.
	Queen's Day Holland hosts a great one-day party, annually on April 30. Here is the action in Haarlem and Amsterdam.	Keukenhof A beautiful huge tulip garden blooms during middle spring. We made a leisurely bike ride from Haarlem.	Bull Flight My daughter Stephanie enters the ring and encounters a baby bull in Spain, then flies for her life!	O hey Europe Stephanie's Blog. A 22 year old spends a month in Paris, with a weekend diversion to La Baule on the Atlantic coast.

Travel Weather in Europe

The weather is basically the same as in the USA but they measure it differently. Temperature is in centigrade, rainfall in centimeters, and windspeed in km/hr.

weather europe europe weather fahrenheit celsius centigrade rain snow sunshine hot cold

Travel Weather
in Europe

The weather is basically the same as in the USA but they measure it differently.
Temperature is in centigrade, rainfall in centimeters, and windspeed in km/hr.

weather europe europe weather
fahrenheit celsius centigrade
rain snow sunshine hot cold