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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
I just have some general questions about the climates of coastal regions, and inland regions.
As a general rule of thumb are inland regions always colder than areas near the ocean, as long as the topographical difference is not that great?
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No, I don't think you can generalize like that. It all depends on the nature of the ocean. In Southern California, for example, inland regions are much warmer than coastal regions.
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Also what area is supposed to get more snow: inland or coastal? I always though coastal regions get more snow because there is more moisture available to form snow.
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I don't know which is *supposed* to get more snow, but I don't think there's much actual difference--at least in North America where I'm most familiar. If anything, coastal regions get less snow because more winter storm moisture seems to fall as rain.
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Does the pacific northwest of the whole north american continent have something similar to a gulf stream? I hear that the winters are not that bad despite the latitude.
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Would that be the
Kuroshio Current? It's certainly true the winters are not that bad (compare Edmonton vs. Vancouver for example).
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Which has a harsher winter overall, Alaska or the province of Quebec?
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Wow, who knows? They're both huge. I'd probably say Quebec is harsher because I can't think of a region in Quebec as mild as the southern end of the Alaskan Panhandle. (Average January high in Ketchikan 3.6C in January according to Wikipedia.)
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Originally Posted by NJ Brazen_3133
Also do inland areas get humid?
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This one's easy: yes!