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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.//
This is an interesting map of the Hottest Day.https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/news/warmest-day-of-the-yearJohn Sohl wrote earlier:I expect John meant that the land takes longer to warm up, than it would
//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.//
if there were no chill onshore air systems?? - but faster than the oceans
do.
likely to be 75 or 80 days after the solstice (early February
in the northern hemisphere) rather than 90 days. Si