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Travel Weather
in Europe

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

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The Stormbreaker
by Turfer Sport

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.

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


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