Climate data is from
Yarmouth Airport which is located south of the geographical coordinates of the municipality. Yarmouth has a
humid continental climate (
Köppen:
Dfb), closely bordering on an
oceanic climate (
Köppen:
Cfb), typical of climates surrounded by the sea but close to large continents such as
southern Norway and
coastal Hokkaido but with latitude variations. Being near the -3 °C isotherm in the average of the coldest month (east of the city), causing that in peninsular areas like Yarmouth Bar and
Cape Forchu are between a transition band for the
oceanic climates (
Cfb). Winters are cool and rainy with a January average of though owing to strong maritime influences, temperatures below are very rare, and the average high never drops to below freezing at any point in the year. As a result, Yarmouth averages only 68–100 hours of sunshine from December to February or 25%–34% of possible sunshine. The highest temperature ever recorded in Yarmouth was on July 16, 2013. The coldest temperature ever recorded was on February 14, 1894. ==See also==