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Drevsjø Church
Drevsjø is a village in Engerdal municipality, Innlandet county, Norway, taking its name from the Drevsjø, the lake near which it stands.
Drevsjø is well known for its natural environment and its fishing opportunities. It is only 60 minutes from one of Scandinavia's biggest alpine centres, Trysilfjellet.
It is the site of the Blokkodden Villmarksmuseum, an open-air museum presenting the history of the use of the natural world since the 18th century.[1]
Since 1990 it has had a reception centre for asylum seekers in Norway.[2]
Climate
Drevsjø has a subarctic climate (Dfc) with only 3 months with a mean exceeding 10. There is a wetter period from June to September and a dry period from December to April.
| Climate data for Drevsjø 1961-1990, extremes 1948-2015 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 8.2 (46.8) | 10.4 (50.7) | 13.4 (56.1) | 17.9 (64.2) | 24.5 (76.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.7 (83.7) | 29.2 (84.6) | 25.0 (77.0) | 20.0 (68.0) | 11.7 (53.1) | 8.0 (46.4) | 29.2 (84.6) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −6.9 (19.6) | −4.7 (23.5) | −0.6 (30.9) | 3.5 (38.3) | 10.5 (50.9) | 15.9 (60.6) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.7 (60.3) | 10.4 (50.7) | 5.2 (41.4) | −1.6 (29.1) | −5.2 (22.6) | 4.9 (40.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −17.3 (0.9) | −16.5 (2.3) | −12.7 (9.1) | −6.9 (19.6) | −0.5 (31.1) | 4.3 (39.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 5.1 (41.2) | 1.9 (35.4) | −2.0 (28.4) | −9.7 (14.5) | −15.3 (4.5) | −5.3 (22.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −47.0 (−52.6) | −43.9 (−47.0) | −39.5 (−39.1) | −28.7 (−19.7) | −17.8 (0.0) | −6.0 (21.2) | −3.0 (26.6) | −4.3 (24.3) | −10.6 (12.9) | −28.0 (−18.4) | −33.3 (−27.9) | −44.3 (−47.7) | −47.0 (−52.6) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 28 (1.1) | 22 (0.9) | 25 (1.0) | 29 (1.1) | 44 (1.7) | 70 (2.8) | 86 (3.4) | 80 (3.1) | 67 (2.6) | 47 (1.9) | 38 (1.5) | 34 (1.3) | 570 (22.4) |
| Average precipitation days | 8.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.6 | 9.0 | 10.8 | 12.4 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 110.8 |
| Source: Met Norway Eklima | |||||||||||||
Notes and references
External links
- Store Norske Lekison: Drevsjø (in Norwegian)