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William Hamblen wrote:
On 22 Nov 2008 22:22:09 GMT, wrote: John F. Eldredge wrote: Tennessee, where I live, is on about the same latitude as Algeria. Wow, that's mind-boggling! If I look at a map of Africa and see where the equator goes through, it does make more sense. It's considerably south of Algeria. Because Saharan countries can be extremely hot (I guess, as long as you're not at a high altitude), I think of them as equatorial, but that doesn't necessarily follow. Nashville, TN, San Francisco, CA, Tokyo, Japan, and Athens, Greece, are all about the same latitude. Not much similarity in climate, except both Nashville and Tokyo are humid. Obviously, an area's climate is determined by many other factors besides its latitude! People often say that the San Francisco area has a "Mediterranean" climate, which I guess fits with Athens. I always think of places like Tuscany, or other areas of Italy where grapes are grown. Definitely a major crop in this area, too. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:26:45 +0000, bastXXXette wrote:
William Hamblen wrote: On 22 Nov 2008 22:22:09 GMT, wrote: John F. Eldredge wrote: Tennessee, where I live, is on about the same latitude as Algeria. Wow, that's mind-boggling! If I look at a map of Africa and see where the equator goes through, it does make more sense. It's considerably south of Algeria. Because Saharan countries can be extremely hot (I guess, as long as you're not at a high altitude), I think of them as equatorial, but that doesn't necessarily follow. Nashville, TN, San Francisco, CA, Tokyo, Japan, and Athens, Greece, are all about the same latitude. Not much similarity in climate, except both Nashville and Tokyo are humid. Obviously, an area's climate is determined by many other factors besides its latitude! People often say that the San Francisco area has a "Mediterranean" climate, which I guess fits with Athens. I always think of places like Tuscany, or other areas of Italy where grapes are grown. Definitely a major crop in this area, too. One of the factors, which I alluded to in my original message, is having a large body of water nearby, particularly if it is upwind. San Francisco, Athens, and Tokyo all have ocean upwind of them; Nashville is about 500 miles from the nearest ocean. As a result, Nashville has wider annual temperature swings than do the other cities. The area around Buffalo, New York, USA is another area with a water-buffered climate; in that case, the water is in the Great Lakes, west of the region. That area has heavy snowfall, due to moisture from the Lakes, but doesn't get as cold in the winter as do corresponding latitudes west of the Lakes. Upstate New York has a lot of vineyards, showing that the winter cold isn't too extreme for the grape vines. -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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... William Hamblen wrote: On 22 Nov 2008 22:22:09 GMT, wrote: John F. Eldredge wrote: Tennessee, where I live, is on about the same latitude as Algeria. Wow, that's mind-boggling! If I look at a map of Africa and see where the equator goes through, it does make more sense. It's considerably south of Algeria. Because Saharan countries can be extremely hot (I guess, as long as you're not at a high altitude), I think of them as equatorial, but that doesn't necessarily follow. Nashville, TN, San Francisco, CA, Tokyo, Japan, and Athens, Greece, are all about the same latitude. Not much similarity in climate, except both Nashville and Tokyo are humid. Obviously, an area's climate is determined by many other factors besides its latitude! People often say that the San Francisco area has a "Mediterranean" climate, which I guess fits with Athens. I always think of places like Tuscany, or other areas of Italy where grapes are grown. Definitely a major crop in this area, too. And I've read from people in Arizona where you would typically think low humidity, is getting more humid from people used to having a lawn moving there and installing irrigation systems. True, not sure, but makes sense. |
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"Cheryl" wrote in message ... wrote in message ... William Hamblen wrote: On 22 Nov 2008 22:22:09 GMT, wrote: John F. Eldredge wrote: Tennessee, where I live, is on about the same latitude as Algeria. Wow, that's mind-boggling! If I look at a map of Africa and see where the equator goes through, it does make more sense. It's considerably south of Algeria. Because Saharan countries can be extremely hot (I guess, as long as you're not at a high altitude), I think of them as equatorial, but that doesn't necessarily follow. Nashville, TN, San Francisco, CA, Tokyo, Japan, and Athens, Greece, are all about the same latitude. Not much similarity in climate, except both Nashville and Tokyo are humid. Obviously, an area's climate is determined by many other factors besides its latitude! People often say that the San Francisco area has a "Mediterranean" climate, which I guess fits with Athens. I always think of places like Tuscany, or other areas of Italy where grapes are grown. Definitely a major crop in this area, too. And I've read from people in Arizona where you would typically think low humidity, is getting more humid from people used to having a lawn moving there and installing irrigation systems. True, not sure, but makes sense. It isn't so much their lawns as it is their beloved golf courses. Jo |
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