Temperatures in Ankara

[Scylax]

Odd... the nighttime temperatures in Ankara, Turkey, are currently about 19 below zero.
This, in a place at about the same latitude as Athens. Moscow, Helsinki and Iceland don't sink that low, nor does Anchorage, in Alaska. There must be a reason. Suggestions....?

[squarebear]

Nonsense. It;s -5 at the most. This is due to the fact that it is winter.
http://news.bbc.co.uk...rPage=10®ion=world

[squarebear]

And if you think it's the same latitude as Moscow, I would suggest buying a new atlas.

[mike11111]

OP does not say it is the same latitude as Moscow. Notice the full stop after Athens.

[squarebear]

Oops! Sorry, missed that bit.

[237SJ]

I`ve been in Ankara in the winter and it is flippin cold. It`s elevation is about 3000" which is probably why.

[Scylax]

Minus 11 in Ankara last night (Daily Telegraph, 4/2/11)

The elevation, SJ, as you say, probably accounts for it. I remember being in Durban, S. Africa, when there was a hard frost in winter, and I thought it odd that this city was in a sub-tropical zone, yet experiencing near-Arctic temperatures.

[jno]

it's a bit like Madrid only more so: up high, in the middle of a land mass some distance away from moderate coastal climate factors.

[237SJ]

Skylax. Apologies for my deliberate mistake. I put 3000". I meant 3000 feet! :-)

[Trottie]

There are a number of different climate types that, basically, depend on whether or not the area is close to the oceans. Ankara gets so cold because it can be subject to air masses that originate over Siberia and flow across land all the way. I think you will find, though, that Anchorage and Moscow can certainly get as cold. Iceland lies on the coast in the middle of the North Atlantic, so rarely gets that cold. Helsinki; I have been there in the -7's or so. Not sure how much colder it gets.