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Life Sciences => The Environment => Topic started by: DoctorBeaver on 06/08/2007 19:34:52
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There are places on the earth that are always (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fcold%2F11.gif&hash=9c582344061658a844223f8493413a6d) & places that are always (https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fbestsmileys.com%2Fhot%2F3.gif&hash=35f64ca193166084bdc7e7bd5aa5bfe7). Is there anywhere on the earth where the temperature remains constantly temperate (say 15-18C)?
I think not, due to the earth's inclination so that areas where the temperature is sometimes in that range get hotter or colder as the earth travels around the sun; but I'd just like confirmation.
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My folks told me that parts of Kenya (where they used to live) had a climate that was "perpetual spring".
It's tropical so it's the same all year but it's at high altitude so it's not too hot.
Somewhere halfway up Kilimanjaro perhaps?
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My folks told me that parts of Kenya (where they used to live) had a climate that was "perpetual spring".
It's tropical so it's the same all year but it's at high altitude so it's not too hot.
Somewhere halfway up Kilimanjaro perhaps?
I should have said "anywhere habitable" as that was what I meant.
I've been to most parts of Kenya and the nearest to "perpetual spring" I found was in the west near Lake Vic - Kisumu, Kisii and places like that. It's where most of the tea plantations are. But even there the temperature averages 22-25C.
As for halfway up Kili - hmmm, possibly; but not particularly habitable.
How about somewhere in northern South America in the Andes foothills (northern Chile, Peru, Bolivia)? I would imagine there are valleys there that are temperate and being close to the equator, the temperature probably wouldn't vary that much.
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As you say, the tilt of the Earth means that most places will have significant variability of solar input between winter and summer.
I would have thought the only way you can have significantly more stable temperatures would be somewhere where the local temperature is heavily stabilised by local seas/ocean. Since the dominant weather tends to come from the west, thus it would have to be a coastal region that is exposed to oceans from the west.
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As you say, the tilt of the Earth means that most places will have significant variability of solar input between winter and summer.
I would have thought the only way you can have significantly more stable temperatures would be somewhere where the local temperature is heavily stabilised by local seas/ocean. Since the dominant weather tends to come from the west, thus it would have to be a coastal region that is exposed to oceans from the west.
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