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After a few weeks, the temperatures would revert to the long run averages for the location. I think that's the point of OP's question. Portland would be 63/45 nearly every day and rainy about half the time. I suppose it could be worse.
No, they wouldn't. If the Earth stopped in its tracks, everything in the atmosphere would still move with the force of the former velocity, making a ugly mess of weather patterns until they stop.
It will take around 40 days for the Earth to reach the orbit of Venus, and we'll be cooked by then, and most of us would be drowned as well. 25 days more and what is left of the planet will hit the Sun.
No, they wouldn't. If the Earth stopped in its tracks, everything in the atmosphere would still move with the force of the former velocity, making a ugly mess of weather patterns until they stop.
If the breaking force didn't disrupt or cook the earth's surface, the winds would level whatever survive.
If somehow the tilt of the earth could be magically set to 0°, all high-latitude climates would get much colder, except those strongly moderated by an ocean. Look at the red curve, the average value in the March to September equinox period is at least three maybe four times more than the lower sun part of the year. The average annual radiation is higher than the equinox values. The coldest parts of the subarctic is well below freezing on March 21, and can snow on September 21. The sun wouldn't be strong enough to melt the snow, and an ice sheet would develop. Ice would reflect the sun's rays, further cooling. I'd guess it'd be stronger ice age than the previous ice age.
If the breaking force didn't disrupt or cook the earth's surface, the winds would level whatever survive.
If somehow the tilt of the earth could be magically set to 0°, all high-latitude climates would get much colder, except those strongly moderated by an ocean. Look at the red curve, the average value in the March to September equinox period is at least three maybe four times more than the lower sun part of the year. The average annual radiation is higher than the equinox values. The coldest parts of the subarctic is well below freezing on March 21, and can snow on September 21. The sun wouldn't be strong enough to melt the snow, and an ice sheet would develop. Ice would reflect the sun's rays, further cooling. I'd guess it'd be stronger ice age than the previous ice age.
The winds have somehow have to react with the rapidly rising temperatures. Now the average temperature of the Earth is 14C, and scientists have actually calculated what it would be if we would be dragged into the Sun. When we hit the orbit of Venus the average temp will be 50C, and when hitting the orbit of Mercury it will be over 70C. On the last day (the 64th) before we hit the Sun, it will be 1000C.
In Rovaniemi at the arctic circle the Sun is still strong enough to melt snow. At Rovaniemi Airport (196 m ASL) the mean temp in September is 7.1C and in March -6.1C, so will largely depend on if the Earth tilts back in March or September.
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