{"id":786,"date":"2011-01-20T05:37:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-20T05:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=786"},"modified":"2011-01-20T05:38:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T05:38:05","slug":"norwegian-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/norwegian-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"Norwegian winter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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January in the north always drags out because it is so cold and dark. \u00a0I live in MN where the temperature is frequently in the single digits, and sometimes (like right now…) below zero. \u00a0I\u00b4ve lived in MN my whole life except for the 2 times I lived in Norway, so cold and snowy climates are home to me. \u00a0I often ask myself why I still live in this climate if it is for the most part unpleasant for half of the year. \u00a0Then others ask me why I chose to live in Norway, another cold climate. \u00a0I\u00b4m not sure I can answer other than that it\u00b4s home. \u00a0Believe it or not, for a whole year straight, including winter, I woke up at 6 to run with my dog before work. \u00a0I didn\u00b4t care how cold it was, I was determined. \u00a0There were mornings when it was -10 and we just fired up our engines and went.<\/p>\n

If you spend time in Norway in January or February, unless you are on the coast., you will experience this cold as well. \u00a0See the table below for average daytime temperatures by month:<\/p>\n

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Average daytime temperatures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n Oslo<\/strong><\/td>\n Bergen<\/strong><\/td>\nTrondheim<\/strong><\/td>\n Bod\u00f8<\/strong><\/td>\n Troms\u00f8<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
January<\/td>\n-2.3<\/td>\n2.7<\/td>\n-1.6<\/td>\n-1.3<\/td>\n-3.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
February<\/td>\n-1.3<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n-0.7<\/td>\n-0.9<\/td>\n-3.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
March<\/td>\n2.4<\/td>\n4.9<\/td>\n2.1<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
April<\/td>\n7.3<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n5.1<\/td>\n3.8<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
May<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n12.9<\/td>\n10.5<\/td>\n8.5<\/td>\n6.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
June<\/td>\n17.6<\/td>\n15.1<\/td>\n13.2<\/td>\n11.8<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
July<\/td>\n19.9<\/td>\n16.6<\/td>\n15.3<\/td>\n14.1<\/td>\n13.7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
August<\/td>\n18.7<\/td>\n16.3<\/td>\n14.9<\/td>\n13.8<\/td>\n12.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
September<\/td>\n13.7<\/td>\n13.3<\/td>\n11.3<\/td>\n10.7<\/td>\n8.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
October<\/td>\n8.1<\/td>\n9.8<\/td>\n6.7<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
November<\/td>\n2.3<\/td>\n5.8<\/td>\n1.8<\/td>\n1.7<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
December<\/td>\n-1.4<\/td>\n3.3<\/td>\n-1.1<\/td>\n-0.5<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source: Meteorologisk institutt<\/em><\/p>\n

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I remember a day in January of 2006 when I was living in Oslo that I still think about occasionally to this day. \u00a0The international students had an opportunity to be on a guided tour of a large portion of Oslo. \u00a0The tour focused on Akerselv<\/strong>, the river that runs through Oslo. \u00a0While the information we learned at the tour was very interesting, I wanted nothing else than to sneak into a caf\u00e9 and enjoy warmth. \u00a0That is eventually what we did, but it took a long time to get over our pride issue.<\/div>\n
I remember another day that I can say was the coldest of my life. \u00a0Again, a tour for international students at Akershus Fortress<\/strong>. \u00a0Our tour guide was trying to be really tough-just a thin pea coat, no hat, no mittens. \u00a0Suicide, if you ask me. \u00a0Why did the international event coordinator pick the cold month of January for all of our tours??<\/div>\n
Norway can get very cold and if you are on the coast (depending where), when it is that cold plus there is a lot of moisture in the air, it is a damp, wet cold that in my opinion feels colder than a dry, cold climate like MN.<\/div>\n
Coldest temperature recorded in Norway was in R\u00f8ros at -58, that\u00b4s negative 58 degrees fahrenheit. \u00a0WOW.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

January in the north always drags out because it is so cold and dark. \u00a0I live in MN where the temperature is frequently in the single digits, and sometimes (like right now…) below zero. \u00a0I\u00b4ve lived in MN my whole life except for the 2 times I lived in Norway, so cold and snowy climates…<\/p>\n

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