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[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Well, and it's crazy how cold the middle and eastern parts of North America get.

Boston and Chicago are famously cold cities. Chicago is exactly parallel with Rome; Boston is only 50km north of Rome. Rome, Barcelona, even Tblisi - all about 10+ degrees C (so 20 degrees F) more mild in the winter than Chicago. The entirety of continental France, including its southern coast, is north of Boston. Paris is almost far enough north to be exactly at the long E-W US/Canada border. Yet rarely gets below freezing.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

The entirety of France, including its southern coast, is north of Boston.

Acktyually, the southernmost point in France is 50°01′ South (Îles de Boynes in the southern Indian Ocean). 🤓

Somewhat more legitimately, there are also inhabited French lands further south than Boston: Corsica, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Réunion, etc. Corsica even counts as "Metropolitan France" (as opposed to "Overseas France") while still -- barely -- beating Boston by about 1°.

[-] hansolo@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago

That's why I said "continental France" and certainly didn't edit my typo.

[-] JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

And it's not even just the northern parts. Here in the Ozarks we see everything from sub zero temps to over 100 every year.

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