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FTA: "This means that Chicago's climate site spent about 35-36 hours below 0°F." https://weatherspark.com/h/y/68697/2023/Historical-Weather-during-2023-in-Oslo
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FTA: "This means that Chicago's climate site spent about 35-36 hours below 0°F."
https://weatherspark.com/h/y/68697/2023/Historical-Weather-during-2023-in-Oslo-Norwayand https://weatherspark.com/h/y/68697/2023/Historical-Weather-d... https://weatherspark.com/h/y/68746/2023/Historical-Weather-during-2023-in-Trondheim-Norway https://weatherspark.com/h/y/68746/2023/Historical-Weather-d... show the daily highs didn’t get below 0°F in Oslo or Trondheim in 2023.
So, it’s colder in Chicago now than is typical in those cities. They are in the south of Norway, but that’s also where most Norwegians live.
Narvik is further north, and also didn’t have days below 0°F (https://weatherspark.com/h/y/82944/2023/Historical-Weather-during-2023-in-Narvik-Norway https://weatherspark.com/h/y/82944/2023/Historical-Weather-d...)
In general, land climates beat sea climates in extreme temperatures.
Norway also benefits from the North Atlantic Current (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Current https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Atlantic_Current)