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My former co-founder of my SaaS was based in remote Alaska (I am in tropical Australia), and I remember one day a while back late in the year, it was +35degC he

My former co-founder of my SaaS was based in remote Alaska (I am in tropical Australia), and I remember one day a while back late in the year, it was +35degC here and she said it was -35degC over there. I couldn't believe we were equidistant on either end of the 0 datum, with a massive 70 degree C difference in temperature variation. Weirdly, it is now our dry season, with temperatures around 21degC and I just Googled the weather in her area and they are expecting around 30degC - Alaska is actually hotter than Northern Australia is right now!

hellofunk 7y ago
But isn't that partly due to it being summer in Alaska right now, and it is winter in Australia? You said "late last year" was your previous comparison, which implies it was approaching summer in Australia?
- cyberferret 7y ago
  We are so close to the equator here that we don't really have the equivalent of 4 seasons. Rather just a 'wet' and 'dry' season. Probably about a 15 degree C variation in temperature throughout the year. My point was that I don't believe Alaska ever got warmer than we ever do here, but it has happened. My first story about the 70 degree variation in temperature is more the norm.
  - cmroanirgo 7y ago
    for reference (for everyone else). Darwin is 12 deg south of the equator, which makes it closer than Hawaii/Honolulu (which is 21 deg north), or Nicaragua which is roughly the same at 12 deg north. Darwin is typically hot and humid.
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- rv-de 7y ago
  A quick google for "Anchorage climate chart" shows that that expected maximum temperature even during summer months is about 20°C. That's quite far away from 30°C. According to the weather forecast about 25°C are to be expected. Doesn't seem healthy.
isostatic 7y ago
Equidistant? The equivalent of remote alaska would be the antarctic peninsula.
- ranko 7y ago
  Equidistant from freezing point.
geoid 7y ago
> I couldn't believe we were equidistant on either end of the 0 datum Longitude only affects the time of day, and thus daily temperature variations. Latitude is much more important, and determines climate and seasons. You are at vastly different latitude than Alaska.
- cyberferret 7y ago
  Sorry, I meant equidistant from the freezing point of 0degC. She was as far one way as I was the other way.

hellofunk 7y ago

But isn't that partly due to it being summer in Alaska right now, and it is winter in Australia? You said "late last year" was your previous comparison, which implies it was approaching summer in Australia?

cyberferret 7y ago
We are so close to the equator here that we don't really have the equivalent of 4 seasons. Rather just a 'wet' and 'dry' season. Probably about a 15 degree C variation in temperature throughout the year. My point was that I don't believe Alaska ever got warmer than we ever do here, but it has happened. My first story about the 70 degree variation in temperature is more the norm.
- cmroanirgo 7y ago
  for reference (for everyone else). Darwin is 12 deg south of the equator, which makes it closer than Hawaii/Honolulu (which is 21 deg north), or Nicaragua which is roughly the same at 12 deg north. Darwin is typically hot and humid.
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rv-de 7y ago
A quick google for "Anchorage climate chart" shows that that expected maximum temperature even during summer months is about 20°C. That's quite far away from 30°C. According to the weather forecast about 25°C are to be expected. Doesn't seem healthy.

isostatic 7y ago

Equidistant? The equivalent of remote alaska would be the antarctic peninsula.

ranko 7y ago
Equidistant from freezing point.

geoid 7y ago

> I couldn't believe we were equidistant on either end of the 0 datum Longitude only affects the time of day, and thus daily temperature variations. Latitude is much more important, and determines climate and seasons. You are at vastly different latitude than Alaska.

cyberferret 7y ago
Sorry, I meant equidistant from the freezing point of 0degC. She was as far one way as I was the other way.