Milan winter 1985-1986

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Milan winter 1985-1986

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about 1 meter of snow after temperatures till -17° just outside the city...

photos taken just few kms from milan:

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Re: Milan winter 1985-1986

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Thankyou, Davide - a metre is a lot of snow! and -17 is very cold! What altitude is Milan?
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Ciao! lot of snow back then. _b
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Orion wrote:Thankyou, Davide - a metre is a lot of snow! and -17 is very cold! What altitude is Milan?
milan is just 122 m ;-) yes, it was a really cold winter...
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Michael wrote:Ciao! lot of snow back then. _b
i hope!!
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Great photos. _b
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wow 8-o
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i was told that that winter in the po valley (the plain of milan, in north italy) the lowest temperature reached was -28.5° !!!!!!!!!

north italy:

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the point M is Milan
the point P is the place where the temperature reached -28.5 degrees
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What is the source of such cold temperatures? - altitude - latitude - prevailing winds or lack of them - ? - that's extremely cold!
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Orion wrote:What is the source of such cold temperatures? - altitude - latitude - prevailing winds or lack of them - ? - that's extremely cold!
i wasn't born yet but i heard that cold air from russia hit the whole italy (-20° at 850 hPa) than the snow on the ground with its effect...
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