Osby
| Osby | ||
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Osby Church | ||
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  Osby | ||
| Coordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°ECoordinates: 56°22′N 13°59′E / 56.367°N 13.983°E | ||
| Country | Sweden | |
| Province | Skåne | |
| County | Skåne County | |
| Municipality | Osby Municipality | |
| Area[1] | ||
| • Total | 8.27 km2 (3.19 sq mi) | |
| Population (31 December 2010)[1] | ||
| • Total | 7,157 | |
| • Density | 866/km2 (2,240/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
Osby is a locality and the seat of Osby Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 7,157 inhabitants in 2010.[1]
Well known people born in Osby include Swedish ice hockey goaltender Magnus Åkerlund.
The toy manufacturer BRIO was based in Osby, but moved to Malmö in 2006. The company's toy museum, the BRIO Lekoseum, remains in Osby.
Climate
Osby has an oceanic climate that retains a four-season characteristic. It has resemblances of moderate continental, with summers sometimes being very warm and winter lows dropping below freezing with regularity for a few months. Its southerly inland position has rendered it to be one of the few locations in the country that has reached 30 °C (86 °F) in May. In spite of this summer averages are not exceptional when compared with adjacent coastal areas.
| Climate data for Osby 2002-2015 (extremes since 1928; precipitation 1961-1990) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 10.7 (51.3) |
15.8 (60.4) |
20.1 (68.2) |
28.0 (82.4) |
30.0 (86) |
34.5 (94.1) |
34.8 (94.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
23.2 (73.8) |
15.0 (59) |
12.5 (54.5) |
34.8 (94.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 1.4 (34.5) |
2.0 (35.6) |
6.5 (43.7) |
12.4 (54.3) |
16.2 (61.2) |
19.9 (67.8) |
22.7 (72.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
17.8 (64) |
11.3 (52.3) |
6.5 (43.7) |
2.9 (37.2) |
11.7 (53.1) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −0.8 (30.6) |
−0.5 (31.1) |
2.4 (36.3) |
7.2 (45) |
10.9 (51.6) |
14.7 (58.5) |
17.6 (63.7) |
16.9 (62.4) |
13.2 (55.8) |
7.9 (46.2) |
4.3 (39.7) |
0.8 (33.4) |
7.8 (46) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −3.0 (26.6) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
−1.6 (29.1) |
1.7 (35.1) |
5.5 (41.9) |
9.5 (49.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
12.1 (53.8) |
8.7 (47.7) |
4.5 (40.1) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
3.9 (39) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −33.0 (−27.4) |
−29.0 (−20.2) |
−26.1 (−15) |
−14.0 (6.8) |
−7.0 (19.4) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
0.2 (32.4) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
−5.3 (22.5) |
−11.0 (12.2) |
−14.1 (6.6) |
−24.1 (−11.4) |
−33.0 (−27.4) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 60.8 (2.394) |
38.1 (1.5) |
48.1 (1.894) |
43.6 (1.717) |
44.1 (1.736) |
63.6 (2.504) |
76.6 (3.016) |
67.4 (2.654) |
71.0 (2.795) |
64.5 (2.539) |
68.7 (2.705) |
64.9 (2.555) |
711.5 (28.012) |
| Source #1: SMHI[2] | |||||||||||||
| Source #2: SMHI Monthly Data 2002-2014[3] | |||||||||||||
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Osby. |
- 1 2 3 "Tätorternas landareal, folkmängd och invånare per km2 2005 och 2010" (in Swedish). Statistics Sweden. 14 December 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ↑ "Precipitation Normals 1961-1990" (in Swedish). Swedish Metereological and Hydrological Institute (Osby code 6322).
- ↑ "Yearly and Monthly Statistics" (in Swedish). SMHI. March 11, 2016.
External links
- Osby.info - local portal
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