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It takes you 17 hours longer to drive from Socchi, Russia to Magadan, Russia than it is from Caracas, Venezuela to the most Southern point of South America or from Anchorage to Panama City.
I'm not sure why but I find it really odd that Istanbul is further north than NYC.
The "Hudson Bay bulge" of cold air creates a lot of surprises like that. A look at the tree line, or boundary of boreal forest and tundra, shows a dip to the bottom of Hudson Bay and a trek northwestward. Trees almost reach the Arctic Ocean beach in Yukon Territory, and that's not climate change. And far north into most of Labrador. This bulge of cold water and air is what creates the anomaly of New York City being a "cold city" at the same latitude as Rome rather surprising. Istanbul actually does get significant snow every winter. Rome, not so much.
As far as Hudson Bay, it is the main source of cold air for the northeast later in the winter, say from late February through mid-April. That is one of the reasons the northeast is slow to warm at that time of the year.
The "Hudson Bay bulge" of cold air creates a lot of surprises like that. A look at the tree line, or boundary of boreal forest and tundra, shows a dip to the bottom of Hudson Bay and a trek northwestward. Trees almost reach the Arctic Ocean beach in Yukon Territory, and that's not climate change. And far north into most of Labrador. This bulge of cold water and air is what creates the anomaly of New York City being a "cold city" at the same latitude as Rome rather surprising. Istanbul actually does get significant snow every winter. Rome, not so much.
As far as Hudson Bay, it is the main source of cold air for the northeast later in the winter, say from late February through mid-April. That is one of the reasons the northeast is slow to warm at that time of the year.
The lowest average winter lows (night time lows) on the Cornish coast are around 6 degrees C (43 Fahrenheit) despite being 50 degrees north.
The lowest average winter lows (night time lows) on the Cornish coast are around 6 degrees C (43 Fahrenheit) despite being 50 degrees north.
Yeah their climate is crazy moderate. Istanbul's climate is actually more continental than people realize. Though it typically isn't as cold in the winter as NYC.
Yeah their climate is crazy moderate. Istanbul's climate is actually more continental than people realize. Though it typically isn't as cold in the winter as NYC.
My first Istanbul trip was in January. I was under prepared for the cold. It wasn't as cold as Boston in January, but it was chillier than I expected.
The "Hudson Bay bulge" of cold air creates a lot of surprises like that. A look at the tree line, or boundary of boreal forest and tundra, shows a dip to the bottom of Hudson Bay and a trek northwestward. Trees almost reach the Arctic Ocean beach in Yukon Territory, and that's not climate change. And far north into most of Labrador. This bulge of cold water and air is what creates the anomaly of New York City being a "cold city" at the same latitude as Rome rather surprising. Istanbul actually does get significant snow every winter. Rome, not so much.
As far as Hudson Bay, it is the main source of cold air for the northeast later in the winter, say from late February through mid-April. That is one of the reasons the northeast is slow to warm at that time of the year.
In a broader sense, it is part of the climate system that causes continents in the northern hemisphere to be warmer on the western side than the eastern side.
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