▲ 1183 ▼ Tourism Banner in Helskinki (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 days ago by FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments Saw this on Mastodon and had a laugh. Not sure if it's real, but it's funny.
[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 125 points 3 days ago (11 children) January and February have snow and cold and sometimes sun. November is just wet, dark and miserable. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [–] oce@jlai.lu 13 points 3 days ago (10 children) Sounds similar to anything from Paris and above in Western Europe, just maybe a few less degrees. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (7 children) The dark is the difference. Sunrise was at 8.00 today and sunset was at 15.45. Basically if you work 8-16 you don’t see the sun until springtime… 🫠 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago When I moved to Portland, they told me it's not the cold that gets you, it's the darkness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 days ago (5 children) Not too different from New England! Except we still have 10 hours of sun for the next couple weeks and we’ve had a severe drought. Today was the first significant rain in over a month. More like 6 weeks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 day ago (4 children) I'm a degree (or less) south of Helsinki, 10 hours of sun sounds like a ton this time of the year. We'll be down to 6 or 6.5 by mid December and Finland will have even less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah that’s even tougher, we get down to just under 9 hours average in December, but we don’t have the warm water from the Gulf Stream, so it’s similarly cold here. We’ve had snow an hours drive north already. And a ski area a bit more north is forecasting 10-12” (20-30cm) of snow this week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 21 hours ago (2 children) Wish we had snow here yet. Snow is nice. Cold is nice. It's the dreary just above freezing wet and soggy mess of November I hate most. I even got nice new Nokian winter tires (studded of course) for my car this year and they're already installed, so I'm basically fully prepped for snow and ice season. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago Different darkness. Once worked 0830 to 1600 daily in a dark lab. Didn't see the sun for about a month in November. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago It depends. You can get -20°C in November too. But yeah, mostly it's just miserable and far more so than in central Europe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oce@jlai.lu 13 points 3 days ago (10 children) Sounds similar to anything from Paris and above in Western Europe, just maybe a few less degrees. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (7 children) The dark is the difference. Sunrise was at 8.00 today and sunset was at 15.45. Basically if you work 8-16 you don’t see the sun until springtime… 🫠 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago When I moved to Portland, they told me it's not the cold that gets you, it's the darkness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 days ago (5 children) Not too different from New England! Except we still have 10 hours of sun for the next couple weeks and we’ve had a severe drought. Today was the first significant rain in over a month. More like 6 weeks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 day ago (4 children) I'm a degree (or less) south of Helsinki, 10 hours of sun sounds like a ton this time of the year. We'll be down to 6 or 6.5 by mid December and Finland will have even less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah that’s even tougher, we get down to just under 9 hours average in December, but we don’t have the warm water from the Gulf Stream, so it’s similarly cold here. We’ve had snow an hours drive north already. And a ski area a bit more north is forecasting 10-12” (20-30cm) of snow this week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 21 hours ago (2 children) Wish we had snow here yet. Snow is nice. Cold is nice. It's the dreary just above freezing wet and soggy mess of November I hate most. I even got nice new Nokian winter tires (studded of course) for my car this year and they're already installed, so I'm basically fully prepped for snow and ice season. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago Different darkness. Once worked 0830 to 1600 daily in a dark lab. Didn't see the sun for about a month in November. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago It depends. You can get -20°C in November too. But yeah, mostly it's just miserable and far more so than in central Europe. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 38 points 3 days ago (7 children) The dark is the difference. Sunrise was at 8.00 today and sunset was at 15.45. Basically if you work 8-16 you don’t see the sun until springtime… 🫠 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago When I moved to Portland, they told me it's not the cold that gets you, it's the darkness. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 days ago (5 children) Not too different from New England! Except we still have 10 hours of sun for the next couple weeks and we’ve had a severe drought. Today was the first significant rain in over a month. More like 6 weeks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 day ago (4 children) I'm a degree (or less) south of Helsinki, 10 hours of sun sounds like a ton this time of the year. We'll be down to 6 or 6.5 by mid December and Finland will have even less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah that’s even tougher, we get down to just under 9 hours average in December, but we don’t have the warm water from the Gulf Stream, so it’s similarly cold here. We’ve had snow an hours drive north already. And a ski area a bit more north is forecasting 10-12” (20-30cm) of snow this week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 21 hours ago (2 children) Wish we had snow here yet. Snow is nice. Cold is nice. It's the dreary just above freezing wet and soggy mess of November I hate most. I even got nice new Nokian winter tires (studded of course) for my car this year and they're already installed, so I'm basically fully prepped for snow and ice season. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mbp@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago When I moved to Portland, they told me it's not the cold that gets you, it's the darkness. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 2 days ago (5 children) Not too different from New England! Except we still have 10 hours of sun for the next couple weeks and we’ve had a severe drought. Today was the first significant rain in over a month. More like 6 weeks. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 day ago (4 children) I'm a degree (or less) south of Helsinki, 10 hours of sun sounds like a ton this time of the year. We'll be down to 6 or 6.5 by mid December and Finland will have even less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah that’s even tougher, we get down to just under 9 hours average in December, but we don’t have the warm water from the Gulf Stream, so it’s similarly cold here. We’ve had snow an hours drive north already. And a ski area a bit more north is forecasting 10-12” (20-30cm) of snow this week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 21 hours ago (2 children) Wish we had snow here yet. Snow is nice. Cold is nice. It's the dreary just above freezing wet and soggy mess of November I hate most. I even got nice new Nokian winter tires (studded of course) for my car this year and they're already installed, so I'm basically fully prepped for snow and ice season. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 1 day ago (4 children) I'm a degree (or less) south of Helsinki, 10 hours of sun sounds like a ton this time of the year. We'll be down to 6 or 6.5 by mid December and Finland will have even less permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah that’s even tougher, we get down to just under 9 hours average in December, but we don’t have the warm water from the Gulf Stream, so it’s similarly cold here. We’ve had snow an hours drive north already. And a ski area a bit more north is forecasting 10-12” (20-30cm) of snow this week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 21 hours ago (2 children) Wish we had snow here yet. Snow is nice. Cold is nice. It's the dreary just above freezing wet and soggy mess of November I hate most. I even got nice new Nokian winter tires (studded of course) for my car this year and they're already installed, so I'm basically fully prepped for snow and ice season. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (3 children) Yeah that’s even tougher, we get down to just under 9 hours average in December, but we don’t have the warm water from the Gulf Stream, so it’s similarly cold here. We’ve had snow an hours drive north already. And a ski area a bit more north is forecasting 10-12” (20-30cm) of snow this week. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 21 hours ago (2 children) Wish we had snow here yet. Snow is nice. Cold is nice. It's the dreary just above freezing wet and soggy mess of November I hate most. I even got nice new Nokian winter tires (studded of course) for my car this year and they're already installed, so I'm basically fully prepped for snow and ice season. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 21 hours ago (2 children) Wish we had snow here yet. Snow is nice. Cold is nice. It's the dreary just above freezing wet and soggy mess of November I hate most. I even got nice new Nokian winter tires (studded of course) for my car this year and they're already installed, so I'm basically fully prepped for snow and ice season. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 point 17 hours ago* (1 child) Aw man I hate when I install snow tires too soon. My mechanical sympathy is triggered. I’m worried that El Niño will put my area on a rain/snow line all winter. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 point 4 hours ago* I do too, but weather is super unpredictable in my area. Snow in October and May isn't super common, but it can happen. A dozen years ago, we had random snowfall around the summer solstice. Sometimes half of December is positive temperatures and much of January is mud and rain, not snow. Today might be +8 and the weather service says it will be +5 tomorrow, but that doesn't mean I can't suddenly wake up to -5. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago Different darkness. Once worked 0830 to 1600 daily in a dark lab. Didn't see the sun for about a month in November. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago It depends. You can get -20°C in November too. But yeah, mostly it's just miserable and far more so than in central Europe. permalink fedilink source parent