Currents and climate science question.?

Question

The city of Olso, Norway, has an average high temperature of -1C and an average low temperature of -7C in the winter. The city of Bergen, Norway, has average winter temperatures of 6C and -3C. Both cities are at about the same latitude. One city is on the Norwegian coast; the other is inland. A mountain is between them. which city do you think is on the coast? Why? What effect do you think the mountain has on the temperature of the inland city?

Answer 1

Bergen is inland, Olso is on the coast because Olso is on the coast and water temperature drops and rises more slowly than land. that's why the difference in Olso's avg high and low is only 6C. the difference in Bergen's avg high and low is 9C because land absorbs and releases heat much faster than water, thus its temperature drops and rises much faster.

winds blowing from the coast are stopped by the mountain that separated the two cities. therefore, Bergen receives some, maybe no wind at all to make the city cooler.

hope this helps :)

Answer 2

A city by the ocean (Oslo) will benefit by the thermal damping of the large mass of water.

The mountains around Bergen may buffet some of the wind from the coast, but the temperature will be colder because of the lack of thermal damping.

Answer 3

it means the cooler air comes from the ocean/sea currents that is why the coastal city is cooler than the inland city in that particular country.