I’ve experienced -35C in Harbin during a winter (2005). My digital camera battery kept dying, it made taking pictures of ice sculptures (including a full ice bar) really hard. What is weird is that Harbin is super populated and not that far north (it’s a couple of degrees south of Seattle).
What was weird is that the bus I took from Changchun had a digital thermometer up front where you could see it fall from around -25 to -35 during the trip.
My mom was born and raised in Alaska, but Ketchikan is closer to Seattle in climate and distance than anchorage.
> What is weird is that Harbin is super populated and not that far north (it’s a couple of degrees south of Seattle).
Latitude has quite a bit of influence on climate but insolation isn't the whole story. Winds generally blow east to west at those latitudes. Harbin's air flow is from the interior of Asia, vs the North Pacific for Seattle and Ketchikan.
What was weird is that the bus I took from Changchun had a digital thermometer up front where you could see it fall from around -25 to -35 during the trip.
My mom was born and raised in Alaska, but Ketchikan is closer to Seattle in climate and distance than anchorage.