"Temperate" southwest Australia's winter is so mild, it's ridiculous, unfair... and I'm loving it! (2013, America)

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by Asagi

Pine trees are quite common in Florida and also in Cuba and the Bahamas, not sure about the rest of the Caribbean though.

Yes that's right. I do remember seeing some in North Florida. Hard to picture them in Cuba and the Bahamas but I guess it's possible.

[Kaul]

Pines are as common in the tropics as palm trees are in the Arctic. Here are some Arctic palms

[Asagi]

I guess my first photo wasn't convincing enough
Cultivated Araucaria columnaris (from New Caledonia) in Hawaii with some coconut palms:
http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/bot311/bot311-00/celltissorgan/GymAraucariaTrees.jpg (broken link)
Coniferophyta (http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/webb/bot311/bot311-00/celltissorgan/coniferophyta.htm - broken link)

Wild Pinus caribea. on the Turks and Caicos Islands

http://www.kew.org/science/directory...T_TCIpine.html

wild Pinus caribea in Puerto Rico
http://www.puerto-portals.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/48409_Viajes_Puerto_Rico_1496675184_b210bec545.jpg (broken link)
Adjuntas, Puerto Rico / Pino Honduras / Honduras pine / Pinus caribaea var. hondurensis »
More shots of Araucaria columnaris wild in New Caledonia

with some coconut palms...


Arboretum de Villardebelle


From The Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh:
"New Caledonia is regarded as one of the world's 'biodiversity hotspots'. Of the 3000+ vascular plants, 77% are endemic. The conifer biodiversity is particularly important, all of the 43 conifer species are endemic, representing almost 7% of the world's conifers. This is remarkable considering the small size of New Caledonia (19000km2)."
RBGE - Research into Endemic Conifers of New Caledonia

[Kaul]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

It does in Ontario.
The city of North Bay is definitely sub-Arctic.

North Bay is not subarctic, but rather hemi-boreal like Quebec city is. May and September's weather look pretty typical of a humid continental climate, with minimums above the 40s/ 4 C. Some areas in Northern Minnesota have much colder winter and summers temperatures than most parts of Ontario. I wouldn't classify them as subarctic though. Check out Tower, Minnesota, pretty cold for the latitude.
http://www.weather.com/outlook/trave...ly/graph/55790

[deneb78]

I agree with CC. Anywhere that can get below -30C in my opinion is subarctic. I lived in Ottawa for 7 years and hated it.. it was way too cold for me.

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by Joe90

How often would you see rainbows in Toronto? Is the weather you described above not common there?

maybe 10-20 good ones a year, not every month?

[ColdCanadian]

Originally Posted by Kaul

North Bay is not subarctic, but rather hemi-boreal like Quebec city is. May and September's weather look pretty typical of a humid continental climate, with minimums above the 40s/ 4 C. Some areas in Northern Minnesota have much colder winter and summers temperatures than most parts of Ontario. I wouldn't classify them as subarctic though. Check out Tower, Minnesota, pretty cold for the latitude.
Average Weather for Tower, MN - Temperature and Precipitation

North Bay has milder avg lows in September and probably a lower diurnal range because it's on a giant lake... which also happens to freeze solid every year before Christmas.

North Bay is literally a world apart from Toronto, yet only 4-5 hrs drive.
Toronto's weather is either in between NYC's and North Bay, or is more like NYC than North Bay.

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

maybe 10-20 good ones a year, not every month?

Wow I almost never see rainbows. Last one I remember seeing one was in Orlando about ten years ago.

[Joe90]

Originally Posted by ilovemycomputer90

Wow I almost never see rainbows. Last one I remember seeing one was in Orlando about ten years ago.

Why do you see so few in your part of the world?

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by Joe90

Why do you see so few in your part of the world?

I don't know. I'm sure they do happen here every now and then, but maybe I just miss them because my house is surrounded by trees. If I'm driving down the mountain and look out into the valley, I'd probably be more likely to see one.