On Sun, 7 Jan 2018 12:15:55 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


weird. It's warmer (by a degree) in Halifax, NS than it is here on the
south shore of Massachusetts.


My oldest niece was commenting that it was warmer in Anchorage than it
was in Maryland and I pointed out that the effect of the ocean
actually gives a lot of southern Alaska a more moderate climate than
lots of places in the lower 48. The temps in the Kenai are more like
Seattle than you think of about Alaska in the winter. On the flip
side, it does not get a lot warmer in the summer. This place is really
like Pac NW, particularly when you get down around Seward or Homer.
Now if you really want to see a change of seasons, go to Fairbanks
:-)
That is more like to +99 (f) to -40 (f or c)
When we got off the plane there in June, I thought I was back in
Florida. That was reinforced when we stopped for a beer and ran into a
barmaid we knew from the Naples Beach Club.