It is renowned for its fountains, towers and bridges, the profusion of geranium filled window boxes (resulting it being voted Europe's most fl oral city in the past), and the 6 km of arcades (very
useful on a wet day!)
For example, freezing rain, which results in ice storms, is not represented in climate models, but frequencies of daily minimum temperatures
on wet days might serve as
useful surrogate variables (Konrad, 1998).