Editing Sandefjord (section)

=== Climate ===
[[File:Bytunet2.JPG|thumb|left|''Bytunet'' in Byparken (City Park), spring 2008.]]
[[File:Sandefjord.jpg|thumb|Sandefjord during winter.]]
[[File:Sandefjord Tangen north.JPG|thumb|Tangen Beach during summer.]]
[[Climate of Norway|The climate of the entirety of Norway]] is extremely affected by the [[Gulf Stream]]. Were it not for the warming effects of the Gulf Stream, coastal cities along the [[Oslo Fjord]] would be up to {{convert|4|C}} colder.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Nikel |first=David |title=Moon Oslo |publisher=Moon Travel Guides |year=2017 |isbn=978-1631216619 |page=95}}</ref> This means that the climate, the summers especially, are warmer than in other regions at the same latitude, i.e. the [[State of Alaska]] or [[Siberia]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Berezin |first=Henrik |title=Norway Travel Adventures |publisher=Hunter Publishing, Inc. |year=2011 |isbn=9781588437068}}</ref> Sandefjord has a higher latitude than [[Juneau, Alaska]]; Sandefjord is at 59°08′N, while the capital of Alaska is at 58°18′N. Sandefjord experiences more sun than any other Norwegian municipality during the summer months.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Westeng |first=Kjersti |date=2017-07-22 |title=Her er det mest sol på sommeren i Norge |url=https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/innenriks/her-er-det-mest-sol-pa-sommeren-i-norge/3423357069.html |access-date=2017-12-28 |website=[[Nettavisen]] |language=no}}</ref>

Warm breezes from the [[Skagerrak]] cause a mild climate, and Sandefjord experiences the highest annual number of cloud-free days in Norway.<ref name="HKB" />{{rp|4}} The climate is relatively mild for its latitude. Fields become green in early May, but the air remains slightly cold. The summer seldom begins before the end of May, when temperatures often rapidly increase. The whole month of June and most of July experience little darkness during night and [[songbirds]] are silent for only 2–3 hours at most.<ref name="JTE18">{{Cite book |last=Ebbesen |first=Jorgen Tandberg |title=The Sulphureous Bath at Sandefjord in Norway |publisher=Sagwan Press |year=2018 |isbn=9781297731068}}</ref>{{rp|6}} July is the warmest month of the year in Sandefjord when temperatures often rise above {{convert|20|C}}.

Sandefjord has a relatively humid [[continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Dfb]]) with warm summers, no dry season, and relatively much precipitation year long. During the colder season, which is from the end of November until early March, there is a 56 percent average chance that precipitation will be observed during a given day. The likelihood of snow falling is highest in late January and the season in which it is likely to snowfall spans from early November until early April. The coldest day of the year in Sandefjord is 4 February, with an average low temperature of {{convert|-6|C}} and average high of only {{convert|-1|C}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Average Weather For Sandefjord, Norway |url=http://weatherspark.com/averages/28895/Sandefjord-Vestfold-Norway |access-date=2015-05-15 |website=WeatherSpark}}</ref>

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| location     = Sandefjord

| Jan avg record high C  = 6
| Feb avg record high C  = 6
| Mar avg record high C  = 11
| Apr avg record high C  = 18
| May avg record high C  = 24
| Jun avg record high C  = 26
| Jul avg record high C  = 28
| Aug avg record high C  = 26
| Sep avg record high C  = 22
| Oct avg record high C  = 16
| Nov avg record high C  = 10
| Dec avg record high C  = 7

| Jan high C  = 1
| Feb high C  = 1
| Mar high C  = 4
| Apr high C  = 10
| May high C  = 16
| Jun high C  = 20
| Jul high C  = 22
| Aug high C  = 21
| Sep high C  = 16
| Oct high C  = 11
| Nov high C  = 5
| Dec high C  = 1

| Jan mean C  = -0.6
| Feb mean C  = -0.7
| Mar mean C  = 1.6
| Apr mean C  = 6.2
| May mean C  = 11
| Jun mean C  = 14.7
| Jul mean C  = 17.3
| Aug mean C  = 16.5
| Sep mean C  = 13.4
| Oct mean C  = 8.4
| Nov mean C  = 4.4
| Dec mean C  = 0.9

| Jan low C  = -4
| Feb low C  = -5
| Mar low C  = -2
| Apr low C  = 2
| May low C  = 7
| Jun low C  = 11
| Jul low C  = 13
| Aug low C  = 13
| Sep low C  = 9
| Oct low C  = 5
| Nov low C  = 1
| Dec low C  = -3

| Jan avg record low C  = -14
| Feb avg record low C  = -14
| Mar avg record low C  = -10
| Apr avg record low C  = -4
| May avg record low C  = 1
| Jun avg record low C  = 5
| Jul avg record low C  = 9
| Aug avg record low C  = 8
| Sep avg record low C  = 2
| Oct avg record low C  = -2
| Nov avg record low C  = -6
| Dec avg record low C  = -11

| Jan precipitation mm  = 75
| Feb precipitation mm  = 53
| Mar precipitation mm  = 52
| Apr precipitation mm  = 52
| May precipitation mm  = 52
| Jun precipitation mm  = 57
| Jul precipitation mm  = 60
| Aug precipitation mm  = 76
| Sep precipitation mm  = 64
| Oct precipitation mm  = 93
| Nov precipitation mm  = 83
| Dec precipitation mm  = 68

| precip days colour      = green
| Jan precipitation days  = 13
| Feb precipitation days  = 10.8
| Mar precipitation days  = 10.4
| Apr precipitation days  = 10
| May precipitation days  = 10.5
| Jun precipitation days  = 10.1
| Jul precipitation days  = 10.4
| Aug precipitation days  = 12.2
| Sep precipitation days  = 9.9
| Oct precipitation days  = 12.9
| Nov precipitation days  = 13.8
| Dec precipitation days  = 12.9

| Jan snow days  = 6.6
| Feb snow days  = 5.7
| Mar snow days  = 4.5
| Apr snow days  = 1.2
| May snow days  = 0
| Jun snow days  = 0
| Jul snow days  = 0
| Aug snow days  = 0
| Sep snow days  = 0
| Oct snow days  = 0.1
| Nov snow days  = 2.2
| Dec snow days  = 5.3

| humidity colour = green
| Jan humidity    = 82
| Feb humidity    = 79
| Mar humidity    = 76
| Apr humidity    = 73
| May humidity    = 69
| Jun humidity    = 69
| Jul humidity    = 74
| Aug humidity    = 76
| Sep humidity    = 76
| Oct humidity    = 81
| Nov humidity    = 83
| Dec humidity    = 82

| Jand sun  = 3.3
| Febd sun  = 4.5
| Mard sun  = 7.0
| Aprd sun  = 9.0
| Mayd sun  = 11.3
| Jund sun  = 12.9
| Juld sun  = 12.2
| Augd sun  = 10.2
| Sepd sun  = 7.5
| Octd sun  = 4.9
| Novd sun  = 3.3
| Decd sun  = 3.0

| source = [[Meteoblue]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Climate Sandefjord |url=https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/sandefjord_norway_3140390 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521150206/https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/historyclimate/climatemodelled/sandefjord_norway_3140390 |archive-date=2021-05-21 |access-date=2021-05-21 |publisher=[[Meteoblue]]}}</ref>
| source 2 = climate-data.org<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sandefjord Climate (Norway) |url=https://en.climate-data.org/europe/norway/vestfold/sandefjord-9925/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521150059/https://en.climate-data.org/europe/norway/vestfold/sandefjord-9925/ |archive-date=2021-05-21 |access-date=2021-05-21 |publisher=climate-data.org}}</ref>
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