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Index of Subjects If you mean 'right now', it's because it is roughly midsummer there in the southern hemisphere, but midwinter here in the northern hemisphere. Oz is approximately at the opposite side of the world from NS but in the southern hemisphere, so the seasons are approx 6 months out of phase. This happens because the earth's axis has a fixed tilt, and the earth moves round the sun with a period of 12 months. In what we call summer, our top half of the globe is tilted more towards the sun so gets warmed more, while their bottom half is tilted away so gets less sunlight and stays cooler, which they call winter in Oz; this is reversed 6 months later. Sherman surely could give you a more careful explanation. If you mean 'at comparable times of year, ~6 months apart', I doubt that they are that much different (Tasmania is quite a bit further south and has a pleasant temperate climate, cooler on average than mainland Oz where I used to live). If that's the question, you'd need a geographer or a climate expert to explain why local conditions differ at the specific locations on the globe that you are interested in. Tasmania is a biggish island in the windy southern ocean for instance, but RI and PA are part of the very large N. Am continent -- these locations and things like mountains, average cloud cover and prevailing winds can greatly modify local climate, even when the average annual dose of sunlight reaching the earth above your two locations is comparable. Steve Quoting Virginia R <vredden@imlay.ca>: > Could someone please explain why a place in Australia is warmer than > a place at a comparable latitude in North America. > Launceston Tasmania 41. 25 compared to part of Rhode Island or > Pennsylvania. > > Virginia Redden > Port Howe Cumb Co >
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