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(3268 ft) in the west, Jerkin (3100 ft), and Røros (2067 ft) in the
north. July is the warmest month, with a mean temperature of
more than 61° from Torungen along the west side of the Kristiania
Fjord up to Kristiania, where, as also in the surrounding districts, it
reaches 62 ½°, becoming a little cooler up in the country. Round
Lake Mjøsen and in Gudbrandsdalen, the mean temperature in July
is 59°, but sinks to 53 ½° at Domaas, and 49° at Jerkin. In the
other valleys it varies in the same way between about 59° down
in the valley, and 50° or 52° up on the heights. The mean
temperature of June and August is only about 2° lower than
that of July. In hot summers the thermometer in several places
has stood at 86° and higher; once, indeed, in Kristiania, 93° was
recorded. Even at such a high-lying station as Røros, the
maximum temperature has been above 84°, but at the very highest,
Fjeldberg and Jerkin, it has not risen higher than 77° and 73 ½°
respectively. On the south coast, no higher temperature than
80 ½° has ever been recorded.
In September and October the temperature falls rapidly, but
it is generally not until November that the mean temperature
of the day falls below freezing-point. In the highest stations,
however, this often happens as early as October, while on the
south coast (Færder to Torungen), the mean temperature remains
above freezing-point until the end of December. At Oxø and
Mandal, indeed, the diurnal mean temperature does not fall below 32°
until the middle of January.
The coldest months are December, January, and February.
The winter is most severe in the heart af the country, in the
great valleys, Østerdalen, Gudbrandsdalen, Valdres and Hallingdal,
especially Østerdalen. But it is not just at the highest stations
that the mean winter temperature is lowest. At Tønset, for
instance, it is 11°, while at Røros, which lies 433 ft higher, it is
13°. Listad in Gudbrandsdalen has a mean temperature for the three
winter months of 16 ½°, Jerkin, which is on the Dovre Mountains,
2251 ft higher, 17 ½°, Granheim in Valdres, 15 ½°, Tonsaasen,
748 ft higher, 16 ½°. As we approach the coast, the winter
becomes gradually milder, with a mean temperature of from 18 ½°
at Hamar, to 25° in Kristiania; down at the mouth of the
Kristiania Fjord, it is between 31° and 28 ½°, and at the very south,
at Oxø and Mandal, it is only in February that there is a mean
temperature below 32°.
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