Warm water causes extra-cold winters in northeastern North America and northeastern Asia
Wednesday, March 30, 2011 - 12:30
in Earth & Climate
If you're sitting on a bench in New York City's Central Park in winter, you're probably freezing. After all, the average temperature in January is 32 degrees Fahrenheit. But if you were just across the pond in Porto, Portugal, which shares New York's latitude, you'd be much warmerthe average temperature is a balmy 48 degrees Fahrenheit.