Are the southern states warmer than the northern states?
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Generally, yes.  The closer you are to the equator, the warmer the climate is.
123124
Both the northern and southern hemispheres have winter and summer solstaces, except there are in reverse order: i.e. when the north is having its winter solstace, the south is having its summer solstace and vice versa.\n\nSo which one do you mean? During the north's winter solstace, it is summer in South Africa; and vice versa.\n\nBe aware though, that the earth experiences its apogee from the sun near the time of the northern hemisphere's summer solstace and its perigee near the sun during the northern hemisphere's winter solstace.\n\nThis may easily contribute to the northern hemisphere's milder winters and summers than the southern hemisphere, and explains why the Antarctic is colder than the Arctic.
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I live in Alaska, so pay attention.  The earth is tilted; it doesn't spin at a right angle to the sun.  In summer, the north pole is tilted toward the sun, and as a result, the sun appears to circle the horizon, never actually setting.  In the winter, the opposite occurs.  The sun may peak over the southern horizon, but further north it never really rises.  In spring and fall, there is no difference from the rest of the U.S.
1076250
South Carolina...Its not as hot and just a beautiful..(I live in NC , I think Pine Knoll Shores, NC is the most beautiful place in the world)
768751
Hot air and Cold air have to mix yes. But since Hawaii is an island the ocean provides a large area where temperatures do not change much.\nAlaska has a vast land area but most of the state is of course too cold to have the energy needed to form a tornado. Also, most of the warmer regions of Alaska are next to the ocean and thus also have no sudden temperature fluctuations.
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Yes.\n\nThe South losses.
817201
I have to agree with you, although I do not live in Ohio.  I live in MN.  I wouldn't say that things are 'tropical', but things are definitely changing around the globe.  Like you, I remember as a child having deep amounts of heavy snow for long periods of time.  Snow drift as high as 8 feet!  The last 10 years snow amounts have never compared to what we got in the '80's.  Although now days, we don't get snow that melts away by noon.....That is probably because MN is slightly more north that Ohio.  Also, it really depends on the system that is passing through.  \nGood question....\nHope you get some fun answers!
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ME!  I live in Mississippi, and Summer is right around the corner.  I never have been able to tolerate 100 degree temps with 90% humidity, although I've lived in the south all my life.  I'm headed for Alaska!
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It dont think the southern states are so ify. I am from a southern state and I will vote for who is best on Tuesday night. I think the people in the southern states have figured out how this works.I dont think they are having a hard time with who sings best and who is 2nd best. Why do you think  the southern states will have have a problem with who sings the best and the Northern states wont.
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yeah but north or south
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Facing south when in the northern hemisphere, and facing north when in the southern hemisphere. That gives them the greatest amount of sun during the winter.
730233
Sorry to tell you, but anywhere that has a winter that mild is going to have a very hot summer.  I don't think you're going to find your ideal new home on the east coast.  I live on the SC coast and our winters are mild, but the summer temperatures are in the 80's and 90's.  Even in VA, temperatures are high and their winters are too cold for your requirements.  Good luck in your search.
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One major reason is that more of the southern hemisphere is actually ocean, so it serves as more of a heat sink and keeps the temperatures more stable.\n\nIn addition to that, if you look a globe, you'll notice that the majority of the land in the southern hemisphere (except for Antarctica) is a lot closer to the Equator than the land in the northern hemisphere is.  On most maps you don't really notice it as much because they don't bother printing the whole strip of landless ocean and a lot of Antarctica.\n\nUpdate:  In response to itchybeard below, the Earth's perihelion (closest approach to the sun) occurs in January (this year it was January 4, at about 3 pm GMT).  Thus we are actually closer to the sun during the northern hemisphere's winter, not during the southern hemisphere's.  This would be reason why the summers in the southern hemisphere tend to be hotter than ours, but not why our winters are colder.
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Probably Alaska.  The temp in the Northern regions is pretty cold.\n\nNo, seriously, I like the Central Coast of California.  The weather's nice, there's great beaches that aren't crowded like Jersey or LA beaches, and you can still buy an ocean view house for under a million (can't do that may other places anymore).\n\nAnd it's hot today!  80 degrees, in February!  This is absurd...
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I'm a southerner- though I moved to the northeast... a southerner is very friendly, "my home is your home." They are very good hosts and typically make you feel at home by cooking huge meals that'll keep you full for several days. They're very warm people too... I'm sure there's more that I'm leaving out.
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I think because different parts of the country still have snow and ice, while others are in the real spring and summer...\nIt just depends on where you live...
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I have lived in Florida for 22 years and the warmest I've seen it get is 91 degrees F.  It is possible that it could get a degree or 2 warmer than that, but it requires the right conditions of getting it up to that temp, for example, a long period of direct heating by the sun and next to no rainfall to run off into the Gulf to lower the temp near the coast. So basically an area of High pressure dominating the weather patterns and also the proximity to a warm current such as the Gulf Loop Current, the Florida Straights which in turn becomes the Gulf Stream.