Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first time since records began

Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by rbmktechik on Friday June 28, 2019 @12:48PM (#20306254)

I was shocked when I recently learned that the vast majority of Europe is at a higher latitude than New York.

The way maps are usually shown makes you think New York is up there with Sweden.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by distances on Friday June 28, 2019 @06:17PM (#20309229)

Yep, Florida is in Sahara and all of US outside Alaska is south of Paris. There's a nice visualisation of this at https://i.imgur.com/yIe8gWy_d.jpg?maxwidth=6400

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by sjg007 on Friday June 28, 2019 @07:12PM (#20309584)

Good reason to own a globe.

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Re:Temperatures in France cross 45°C threshold for first tim... by jpindar on Saturday June 29, 2019 @02:37AM (#20311117)

Or Google Earth.

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