Lycksele
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Late 1970s in Lycksele
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| Coordinates: 64°36′N 18°40′E / 64.600°N 18.667°E / 64.600; 18.667 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Province | Lapland |
| County | Västerbotten County |
| Municipality | Lycksele Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.53 km2 (3.29 sq mi) |
| Population
(31 December 2010)[1]
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| • Total | 8,513 |
| • Density | 998/km2 (2,580/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Lycksele (Swedish: [ˈlʏ̌kːsɛlɛ];[2] Southern Sami: Liksjoe; Ume Sami: Likssjuo) is a locality and the seat of Lycksele MunicipalityinVästerbotten County, provinceofLapland, Sweden with 8,513 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Lycksele is the oldest lasting Sami settlement in Swedish Lappland. The first Swedish Sami school, Skytteanska skolan, was built here in 1634.
Lycksele was the first place in Swedish Lappland to be designated a city in 1946, hence its nickname "Lapp-Stockholm". Lycksele is, despite its small population, for historical reasons usually still called a city (stad).
The following sports clubs are based in Lycksele:
Lycksele has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with short mild summers and long cold and snowy winters. Despite its extremely northern latitude, the climate is relatively mild compared to other places at similar latitude because of the Gulf Stream.[3]
| Climate data for Lycksele (2002–2020 averages; extremes since 1945) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 9.5 (49.1) |
9.9 (49.8) |
14.7 (58.5) |
20.4 (68.7) |
29.0 (84.2) |
31.9 (89.4) |
33.2 (91.8) |
30.9 (87.6) |
26.2 (79.2) |
21.6 (70.9) |
13.0 (55.4) |
9.2 (48.6) |
33.2 (91.8) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) |
5.1 (41.2) |
8.9 (48.0) |
15.2 (59.4) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.8 (80.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.4 (79.5) |
20.5 (68.9) |
13.1 (55.6) |
7.2 (45.0) |
4.9 (40.8) |
29.5 (85.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.7 (21.7) |
−4.0 (24.8) |
1.2 (34.2) |
7.2 (45.0) |
14.0 (57.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
21.6 (70.9) |
19.4 (66.9) |
13.7 (56.7) |
5.7 (42.3) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
−3.1 (26.4) |
7.4 (45.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −10.7 (12.7) |
−9.5 (14.9) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
1.7 (35.1) |
7.6 (45.7) |
12.6 (54.7) |
15.5 (59.9) |
14.6 (58.3) |
8.7 (47.7) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
−7.6 (18.3) |
2.2 (35.9) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −15.7 (3.7) |
−15.0 (5.0) |
−10.4 (13.3) |
−3.9 (25.0) |
1.1 (34.0) |
6.4 (43.5) |
9.4 (48.9) |
7.7 (45.9) |
3.6 (38.5) |
−1.9 (28.6) |
−7.4 (18.7) |
−12.0 (10.4) |
−3.2 (26.3) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −31.5 (−24.7) |
−30.7 (−23.3) |
−25.7 (−14.3) |
−13.3 (8.1) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
−1.0 (30.2) |
1.9 (35.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
−13.2 (8.2) |
−20.1 (−4.2) |
−26.7 (−16.1) |
−34.5 (−30.1) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −43.0 (−45.4) |
−41.0 (−41.8) |
−37.2 (−35.0) |
−25.6 (−14.1) |
−12.3 (9.9) |
−4.2 (24.4) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−4.6 (23.7) |
−8.9 (16.0) |
−25.0 (−13.0) |
−33.2 (−27.8) |
−39.1 (−38.4) |
−43.0 (−45.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 29.3 (1.15) |
21.8 (0.86) |
19.4 (0.76) |
23.3 (0.92) |
39.1 (1.54) |
53.3 (2.10) |
76.6 (3.02) |
71.2 (2.80) |
53.6 (2.11) |
43.5 (1.71) |
32.7 (1.29) |
38.9 (1.53) |
502.7 (19.79) |
| Source 1: SMHI Open Data[4] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: SMHI climate data 2002–2020[5] | |||||||||||||
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