>>2073300Roughly ~20 million canadians live below 49 N latitude (assuming the other anon means WA state and not DC) and in climates that are nearly identical or even warmer than climates found south of the border and farther west. Elevation also changes the average annual temperature drastically and the western US has more terrain above 1000m and even 2000m than all of canada's mountainous terrain resulting in temperatures and climates that you would normally find well north of 50 N even 60 N though at lower elevations. You can see this more pronounced when looking at avg annual temps and extreme lows, the higher elevations get as deep purple as Nunavut in some areas. The record lowest in canada (-81.4F/-63C) is only 1.6F cooler than the coldest in Alaska (-79.8F/-62C), and 11.4F lower than the lowest in the lower 48 (-70F/-56.67C), most of the avg annual temps close to the border are the same or warmer than some areas of the lower 48 meaning most canadians live in climates almost identical to that immediately south of the border for their respective regions. Elevation also increases temperature variation just like severe continentality does so some micro climates are not easily mapped in mountainous terrain and varies from organization to organization responsible for climate and temperature mapping large areas. I should also say that the vast majority of Americans don't live in climates as cold as the canada-US border region or mountainous region of the western US so the other anons statement is equally ironic when reversed.
