In early 1945 they took part in the Long March, marching around in the depths of winter to Stalag XIB / 357 at Bad Fallingbostel on the Lüneburg Heath, north of Hanover.

In a study of feeding rates on two coral reefs in the Central Great Barrier Reef region, it was found that large starfish ( 40 cm and greater diameter ) killed approximately 161 cm² / day in winter and 357 – 478 cm² / day in summer.

On 14 December 2005, c2c's East Ham depot began putting advertising vinyl wraps on some carriages, starting with branding the MSO intermediate trailer car 74716 in set 357 216 as a ' Cough-Free Zone ' by the cough syrup makers Benylin for the winter.

Even though they do not compete directly with cultivated plants, sometimes winter annuals are considered a pest in commercial agriculture, because they can be hosts for insect pests or fungal diseases ( ovary smut – Microbotryum sp ) which attack crops being cultivated.

* Aegean Sea Surface Water – thick veneer, with summer temperatures of 21 – 26 ° C and winter temperatures ranging from in the north to in the south.

According to Atanasoff's account, several key principles of the Atanasoff – Berry Computer were conceived in a sudden insight after a long nighttime drive during the winter of 1937 – 38.

Subgenus Alnus: Trees with stalked shoot buds, male and female catkins produced in autumn ( fall ) but stay closed over winter, pollinating in late winter or early spring, about 15 – 25 species, including:

The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805 – 1806 at Fort Clatsop, a small log structure south and west of modern day Astoria.

The winter months of November to February are mild and temperate with average temperatures ranging from 15 – 18 ° C ( 59 – 64 ° F ) with little or no humidity.

During the winter of 1939 – 40, Hitler decreased the size of the fighting manpower in order to return as many skilled workers to the factories as was possible.

For example, during the 872-day Siege of Leningrad, reports of cannibalism began to appear in the winter of 1941 – 1942, after all birds, rats and pets were eaten by survivors.

The winter is possibly the busiest season ; the area can be found packed with downhill skiers, cross-country skiers, ice-fishers, snow-shoers and – most of all-snowmobilers.

The winter of 1837 – 38 saw rebellion in both of the Canadas, with the result they were rejoined as the Province of Canada in 1841.

It was given its current name by Frank Beckwith, leader of the Arches National Monument Scientific Expedition, who explored the area in the winter of 1933 – 1934.

Over the winter of 284 – 85, Diocletian advanced west across the Balkans.

Diocletian met Maximian in Milan in the winter of 290 – 91, either in late December 290 or January 291.

He visited Egypt once, over the winter of 301 – 2, and issued a grain dole in Alexandria.

Over the winter of 304 – 5 he kept within his palace at all times.

Mountbatten expressed his feelings towards the use of nuclear weapons in combat in his article " A Military Commander Surveys The Nuclear Arms Race ", which was published shortly after his death in International Security in the winter of 1979 – 80.

The two regiments of the Foreign Legion took part, as the " Foreign Brigade ", in the battle of Alma ( 20 September 1854 ) and the siege of Sevastopol, during the winter of 1854 – 1855.

He was in Rome when it struck in 166 AD, and was also present in the winter of 168 – 69 during an outbreak among troops stationed at Aquileia.

The decision to build a major seaport at the Gdynia village was made by the Polish government in the winter of 1920, in the midst of the Polish-Soviet War ( 1919 – 1920 ).

He returned the following winter ( 1858 – 59 ) with the bark Ocean Bird and schooner tenders A. M. Simpson and Kate.

* 2011 – A winter storm hit North America for the second time in the same month, causing $ 1. 8 billion in damages across the United States and Canada and killing 24 people.

The overnight lows in the winter average well above freezing throughout the state, with 46 ° F ( 8 ° C ) the average near the Gulf and an average low of 37 ° F ( 3 ° C ) in the winter in the northern part of the state.

Sometimes the skins would stay in the unhairing bath for 8 or more days depending how concentrated and how warm the solution was kept — unhairing could take up to twice as long in winter.

A significant reduction in winter rainfall has been observed with a greater number of extreme rainfall events in the summer months, such as slow-moving storms on 8 February 1992 which brought of rain, the highest recorded in Perth, and a severe thunderstorm on 22 March 2010, which brought of rain and caused significant damage in the metropolitan area.

* The events of the 2011 fictional movie Super 8 ( film ) take place during the winter and summer of 1979.

After a protracted siege ended on 8 September of the same year, which became known in history as the Great Siege, the Ottoman Empire conceded defeat as the approaching winter storms threatened to prevent them from leaving.

Temperatures vary wildly throughout the year, with summer highs within the Inner Gorge commonly exceeding 100 ° F ( 37. 8 ° C ) and winter minimum temperatures sometimes falling below zero degrees Fahrenheit (− 17. 8 ° C ) along the canyon's rims.

Mean maximum winter temperatures in July are 12. 1 ° C ( 53. 8 ° F ).

Although a plant of the tropics, most cultivars have been developed in temperate climates and are easy to grow in most countries of the world as long as they can enjoy at least 6 – 8 hours average sunlight during the summer, and are moved to a warm location for the winter.

Canna cultivars are grown in most countries, even those with territory above the Arctic Circle, which have short summers but long days, and the rapid growth rate of cannas makes them a feasible gardening plant, as long as they receive 6 – 8 hours of sunlight each day during the growing season and are protected from the cold of winter.

In areas which go below about in the winter (< USDA Zone 8 ), the rhizomes can be dug up before freezing and stored in a protected area ( above ) for replanting in the spring.

Mild temperature differences bothered her ; thermostats were always set to 21. 5 ° C ( 70. 7 ° F ) in winter and 26 ° C ( 78. 8 ° F ) in summer.

In Concepción, by contrast, the average monthly temperatures are somewhat lower in the summer at but higher in the winter at, and the amount of rain is much greater: in the summer, Concepción receives an average of 0. 8 inch ( 20 millimeters ) of rain per month ; in June and July, the city is pounded by an average of 10 inches ( 253 mm.

François Ozon's 8 Femmes featured the winter scenes and the deer from the film.

Winds are predominantly southwestern in winter with speeds of 4 – 8 m / s.

By the late 1970s, interests in 1 / 12 scale electric racing began to grow as 1 / 8 scale IC racers, the sole racing category at the time, needing to race throughout the winter as an alternative to their impractical IC cars began to race 1 / 12 cars, therefore a winter national series was developed.

The 8-fold system of pa yin (" 8 sounds "), from the same source, occurred gradually, and in the legendary Emperor Shun's time ( 3rd millennium BC ) it is believed to have been presented in the following order: metal ( chin ), stone ( shih ), silk ( ssu ), bamboo ( chu ), gourd ( p ' ao ), clay ( t ' u ), leather ( ko ), and wood ( mu ) classes, and it correlated to the 8 seasons and 8 winds of Chinese culture, autumn and west, autumn-winter and NW, summer and south, spring and east, winter-spring and NE, summer-autumn and SW, winter and north, and spring-summer and SE, respectively ( Kartomi, 1990 ).

In winter, although it can be rainy, temperatures average a very pleasant 16 ° C ( 60 ° F ) during the day and a cool 8 ° C ( 46 ° F ) in the morning.

Frequent, westerly sea breezes keep temperatures relatively mild throughout the year with highs in the middle fifties (~ 15 ° C ) and lows in the lower forties (~ 8 ° C ) during the winter and highs in the lower seventies (~ 22 ° C ) and lows in the lower fifties (~ 13 ° C ) during the summer.