The temperatures are usually close to freezing point with little change between day and night. It's humid, sometimes wet, the sky is mostly grey. Often it's windy. There is a lot of rain, sometimes a lot of snow, this is different every year and unpredictable. December and January are the darkest months of the year. It's dark night from five o'clock in the afternoon to eight o'clock in the morning. In February, there is more light again, while the weather is still the same.

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