[wvh]

The US is a lot more down south than I thought. That somewhat explains you guys' love of air conditioning...

I don't know how valid a climate comparison based purely on latitude is though... Surely Egypt is generally warmer than Florida?

[noir_lord]

Latitude is one factor but not the sole factor, proximity to oceans/seas for example matters as well as it has a moderating influence in both dimensions - not a coincidence that the coldest states in the continental US are all northern and in the center of the landmass.

Other factors are things like prevailing winds, mountain ranges, altitude and so on and on - the climate system is one of the most complex systems on the planet and even with decades of heavy study and insanely fast computers we still struggle to predict it accurately out past a week or two at most with any degree of success.

[Ma8ee]

We struggle to predict the weather, not the climate.

[FartinMowler]

Yup. And Toronto in Canada is closer to the equator than to the north Pole.