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[Phys-L] Physics, seasons, and temperature.



Anthony wrote earlier:
I tell my students that St. Louis and San Francisco have similar latitudes
(38° N) and similar yearly average temperatures (14°C = 58° F), yet their
climates are much different.//

On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 2:11 PM Brian Whatcott <betwys1@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

  John Sohl wrote earlier:
//the oceans store a vast amount of thermal energy
and are slow to change compared to land. So the summer combination of
longer days and more direct (more concentrated) rays heats the land and
  sea, but it takes a while for everything to warm up. The cold ocean is slow
  to warm up and the sea breezes keep flowing that colder air over the land.
  Bingo, it takes longer for the land to warm.//
I expect John meant that the land takes longer to warm up, than it would
if there were no chill onshore air systems?? - but faster than the oceans
do. 
This is an interesting map of the Hottest Day.https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/warmest-day-of-the-year

Notice the ribbon of delayed hot days along the Pacific coast?Not the Atlantic coast though.
John Denker wrote:> the coldest day is more
  likely to be 75 or 80 days after the solstice (early February
  in the northern hemisphere) rather than 90 days. Si

If the winter solstice occurs on December 21, that may put the coldest day 75 to 80 days later? 
 That would be March 4th to 9th?