Climate of Norway

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The climate of Norway is more temperate than expected for high latitudes. This is mainly due to the North Atlantic Current with its extension, the Norwegian Current, raising the air temperature; the prevailing southwesterlies bringing mild air onshore; and the general southwest–northeast orientation of the coast, which allows the westerlies to penetrate into the Arctic. The January average in Brønnøysund is 15 °C (59 °F) higher than the January average in Nome, Alaska, even though both towns are situated on the west coast of the continents at 65°N. In July the difference is reduced to 3.2 °C (37.8 °F). The January average of Yakutsk, in Siberia but slightly further south, is −42.3 °C (−44.1 °F) lower than in Brønnøysund.

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