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Wind and ocean currents make Western europe way warmer than Canada for a given latitude. Ottawa is only about 45 degrees north, same as Paris. Most of England i
by version_five 4y ago
Wind and ocean currents make Western europe way warmer than Canada for a given latitude. Ottawa is only about 45 degrees north, same as Paris. Most of England is further North than that.
- mark-r 4y agoMinneapolis is also at 45 degrees; in fact there's a plaque in a public pathway that marks the exact spot. We just recently started getting sunlight at 5 PM again, but that will change soon once DST takes effect. Europe is going to be in big trouble if the gulf current ever stops flowing.
- doktorhladnjak 4y agoParis is almost 49 degrees north. Even Ottawa is closer in latitude to Milan
- dfawcus 4y agoNot just England, try Scotland and some of its Islands. Not much chance of Vit D from sunlight for almost half the year. Penzance 50.1 N London 51.5 N Berwick 55.8 N Edinburgh 56.0 N Aberdeen 57.1 N Thurso 58.6 N Kirkwall 59.0 N Lerwick 60.1 N Haroldswick 60.8 N
- 2000UltraDeluxe 4y agoCries in Nordic I take 30 minutes longer lunch breaks in winter the days the sun is out, just to be able to get outside. It's more or less impossible to get natural Vitamin D otherwise -- any spare time will be during the dark hours.