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Ushuaia features a significantly ocean-moderated mild tundra climate (Köppen: ET, bordering on Cfc; Trewartha: Ftkk), with cool, but not cold, conditions throughout the year (average temperature remains above 0 °C and below 10 °C year round). Vegetation around the city thus does not resemble typical tundra but is instead heavily forested.
Punta Arenas is the world's southernmost city with more than 100,000 inhabitants and claims the title of southernmost city in the world, although this title is also claimed by Ushuaia in Argentina, which lies farther south but is slightly smaller than Punta Arenas.
The glacier region below this snow line was subject to melting in the previous season. The term "orographic snow line" is used to describe the snow boundary on surfaces other than glaciers. The term "regional snow line" is used to describe large areas. [2] The "permanent snow line" is the level above which snow will lie all year. [3]
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The Costa Rican seasonal moist forests ecoregion (WWF ID: NT0119) covers the Pacific Slope of the volcanic mountain range of northwestern Costa Rica and the extreme south of Nicaragua. The area has a distinct dry season during which the characteristic deciduous trees drop their leaves.
Most in a 24-hour period: 230 centimetres (90.6 in) of snow on Mount Ibuki, Japan on 14 February 1927. [ 305 ] Most in one calendar month : 9.91 meters (390 inches) of snow fell in Tamarack, California , in January 1911, leading to a snow depth in March of 11.46 meters (451 inches) (greatest measured in North America).
Some parts of the Arctic are covered by ice (sea ice, glacial ice, or snow) year-round, especially at the most poleward parts; and nearly all parts of the Arctic experience long periods with some form of ice or snow on the surface. Average January temperatures range from about −40 to 0 °C (−40 to 32 °F), and winter temperatures can drop ...
A weather system over the past week provided parts of Michigan with a harsh welcome to the winter season, dumping more than 3 feet of snow in some places — and it may not be finished.