Osby
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Osby (Swedish pronunciation:
Swedish ice hockey goaltender Magnus Åkerlund was born in Osby.
The toy manufacturer
BRIO was based in Osby, but moved to Malmö
in 2006. The company's toy museum, the BRIO Lekoseum, remains in Osby.
Climate
Osby has an oceanic climate that retains a four-season characteristic. It has resemblances of moderate continental, with summers sometimes being very warm and winter lows dropping below freezing with regularity for a few months. Its southerly inland position has rendered it to be one of the few locations in the country that has reached 30 °C (86 °F) in May. In spite of this summer averages are rather cool when compared with adjacent coastal areas.
| Climate data for Osby 2002–2018 (extremes since 1928; precipitation 1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
16.3 (61.3) |
20.1 (68.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.0 (86.0) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
15.0 (59.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
7.9 (46.2) |
14.1 (57.4) |
20.4 (68.7) |
25.4 (77.7) |
27.0 (80.6) |
29.5 (85.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
23.3 (73.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
11.7 (53.1) |
8.5 (47.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 1.5 (34.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
6.4 (43.5) |
12.7 (54.9) |
17.7 (63.9) |
20.3 (68.5) |
22.8 (73.0) |
21.5 (70.7) |
17.8 (64.0) |
11.4 (52.5) |
6.4 (43.5) |
3.1 (37.6) |
12.0 (53.6) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.7 (30.7) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
2.4 (36.3) |
7.3 (45.1) |
12.1 (53.8) |
15.1 (59.2) |
17.7 (63.9) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.3 (55.9) |
8.1 (46.6) |
4.2 (39.6) |
1.1 (34.0) |
8.1 (46.6) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −2.9 (26.8) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
1.8 (35.2) |
6.5 (43.7) |
9.9 (49.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.2 (54.0) |
8.8 (47.8) |
4.7 (40.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
4.2 (39.5) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−9.6 (14.7) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
4.8 (40.6) |
7.9 (46.2) |
6.7 (44.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
−3.3 (26.1) |
−6.0 (21.2) |
−9.7 (14.5) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.0 (−27.4) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−26.1 (−15.0) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 69.7 (2.74) |
51.4 (2.02) |
40.9 (1.61) |
38.6 (1.52) |
60.9 (2.40) |
76.5 (3.01) |
88.6 (3.49) |
79.6 (3.13) |
55.3 (2.18) |
80.5 (3.17) |
69.4 (2.73) |
70.5 (2.78) |
781.9 (30.78) |
| Source 1: SMHI[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI Monthly Data 2002–2018[4] | |||||||||||||
See also
- Romero Osby (born 1990), American basketball player for Maccabi Kiryat Gat of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osby.
- ^ a b c "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ Jöran Sahlgren; Gösta Bergman (1979). Svenska ortnamn med uttalsuppgifter (in Swedish). p. 19.
- ^ "SMHI Open Data for Osby" (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute.
- ^ "Yearly and Monthly Statistics" (in Swedish). Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute. 7 May 2019.
External links
- Osby.se - Official website for Osby municipality
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