team currently playing in Sweden's second-highest league – HockeyAllsvenskan – with Scaniarinken as their home arena. Assyriska FF and Syrianska FC are also two successful football clubs started in 1974 and 1977. They play at the same arena; Södertälje Fotbollsarena. Södertälje Storm Rugby League club are a pioneering Rugby league team, playing in the Swedish National Rugby League, which was formed in 2015. There is an indoor swimming arena in which elite training and races are held, named Sydpoolen (English: the South pool). Climate Södertälje, and the rest of Stockholm region has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfb) and displays four distinct seasons. Due to the city's high northerly latitude, daylight varies widely from more than 18 hours around midsummer, to only around 6 hours in midwinter. Södertälje has much warmer and sunnier weather than other locations at the same latitude mainly because of the influence of Gulf Stream. Summers have an average daytime high temperatures of and lows of around , but there are periods of heat waves and many days with temperatures above +). Winters are cold, though sometimes milder with temperatures ranging from , while spring and autumn mainly cool. Annual precipitation is with light to moderate rainfall throughout the year. Snow mainly occurs from December through March, but snow cover duration varies between winters. Notable people Hasse Aro, host of TV show Efterlyst Kennedy Bakircioglu, professional footballer Nicklas Bergfors, ice hockey player Mats Berggren, writer Björn Borg, tennis player (born in Stockholm, youth in Södertälje) Louay Chanko, professional footballer Daniel Despotovic, professional ice hockey player Johan Edlund, guitarist and vocalist of Tiamat Jan Guillou, author and journalist Carl Hagelin, ice hockey player Felix Michel Melki, football player Alexander Michel Melki, football player Patrik Nordin, ski mountaineer and cross-country skier Karin Rådström, chief executive officer of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Bengt Westerberg, former leader of the Liberal People's Party Erkan Zengin, professional footballer (born in Kulu, Konya, Turkey youth in Södertälje) References article Södertälje from Nordisk Familjebok (1919) External links Official website of Södertälje Populated lakeshore places in Sweden Populated places in Södertälje Municipality Municipal seats of Stockholm County Swedish municipal seats Port cities and towns of the Baltic Sea Cities in Stockholm County