Description: Map of heat belts in North America. "The central part of the west coast is always temperate, because the prevailing westerlies, which have the nearly uniform temperature of the Pacific Ocean, warm the coast in winter and cool it in summer. By the time the winds reach the eastern coast they have acquired the temperature of the land over which they have traveled; hence the east coast is colder in winter and hotter in summer than the west coast. " —Redway, 1898.
Source: Jacques W. Redway and Russell Hinman, Natural Advanced Geography (New York, NY: American Book Company , 1898) 46
Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman. |
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