My addition to air conditioning discourse, and why Americans might be a wee bit more obsessed with it than Europeans. Most of the US Southeast is at North Africa's latitude. 'Southern Italy' is at Ohio's latitude. Paris is in North Dakota, the UK is at Manitoba levels. Few. https://x.com/Eutheno

My addition to air conditioning discourse, and why Americans might be a wee bit more obsessed with it than Europeans. Most of the US Southeast is at North Africa's latitude. 'Southern Italy' is at Ohio's latitude. Paris is in North Dakota, the UK is at Manitoba levels. Few. https://x.com/Eutheno

And yes, climate is driven by more than latitude. But taking that into account only widens the difference: the US is way more humid than Europe and North Africa. You simply don't get Florida weather anywhere in Europe (other than say the Canary Islands).