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Indianapolis is a decently large city, and it's not that far north nor in an obviously cold mountainous region. Most people wouldn't recognize it as exceptional
by scythe 5y ago
Indianapolis is a decently large city, and it's not that far north nor in an obviously cold mountainous region. Most people wouldn't recognize it as exceptionally cold for the US. It's also south of several large Midwestern cities. So, it was a good way to show that a large fraction of the US (and of course Canada) gets colder than Oslo.
- Someone 5y agoFor reference: Indianapolis is about 40 degrees north of the equator, Oslo about 60, so it’s over 2,000 km more closer to the equator. Indianapolis is at about the latitude of Madrid. The Gulf Stream really works.
- oh_sigh 5y agoNot only the Gulf Stream, but also the polar jet stream, which frequently dips down into the American midwest in winter, making the temperature in Indianapolis about as cold as it is much further north in Canada. Sometimes even colder. e.g. https://cms.accuweather.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/static-winter-jet-stream-example-1.jpg https://cms.accuweather.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/stati...