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The US has very few tropical, semi-tropical and savannah climate areas which Australia has in relative abundance, and Australia's desert areas span a greater latitude range than do those in the US. If you look at the north-south distance (a primary driver of climate variation) between southern Tasmania and Northern Queensland, its a lot greater than southern Florida to northern New England. https://www.aboutaustralia.com/austr...mpared-to-usa/ When folk in southern Aus are skiing and now boarding, up north they're enjoying 35C tropical days by the pool.
Sure the US has Alaska, but then Australia has its populated offshore territories as well, all of which have a very different climates to the mainland.
The US definitely has more climatic diversity than Australia. If you dispute that, take it up with the guys in this thread:
Not sure many of those posters have ever even been to Australia But a 3,800km north south spread between southern Tasmania and northern Cape York, creates a lot of climate variation compared to the 2,700 km between southern Florida and Northern Maine.
Not sure many of those posters have ever even been to Australia But a 3,800km north south spread between southern Tasmania and northern Cape York, creates a lot of climate variation compared to the 2,700 km between southern Florida and Northern Maine.
The US has climates that Australia doesn't have but I don't think it's the same vice versa. Where are the closest climatic equivalents of places like Chicago and Fairbanks. I don't think Australia has any...
However that is not to say I prefer the US in terms of the quality of the climates it has. Australia has far more desirable choices than the USA in my opinion...
Chicago or Fairbanks, of corse not. But equally to equate a coastal city like Fort Lauderdale to a true tropical savanna environment (tropical monsoonal inland environments) is a pretty big stretch.
Chicago or Fairbanks, of corse not. But equally to equate a coastal city like Fort Lauderdale to a true tropical savanna environment (tropical monsoonal inland environments) is a pretty big stretch.
But the point is... as small as a tropical area that the US has, tropical climates do exist. True continental or subarctic climates like you find in Chicago and Fairbanks don't exist in Australia...
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But a 3,800km north south spread between southern Tasmania and northern Cape York, creates a lot of climate variation compared to the 2,700 km between southern Florida and Northern Maine.