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The global distribution of temperature near the earth’s surface shows that in the northern hemisphere winter and southern hemisphere summer, the highest temperatures lie in a belt close to the equator over the oceans and somewhat south of it over the land masses.
Maximum temperatures exceed 300 C over portions of these land areas. Minimum temperatures occur over Polar Regions, with the lowest values below –300 C in north central Asia. There are sharp temperature contrasts between land and sea, particularly on the western sides of continents where at a given latitude the northern hemisphere land is colder and the southern hemisphere land warmer than the adjacent ocean. A similar
phenomenon, with the hemispheres reversed occurs in the northern hemisphere summer and southern hemisphere winter. In this season Antarctica is the coldest region and the warmest areas are those continental areas just north of the equator. A close comparison of the conditions in the two seasons clearly indicates that seasonal changes in ocean surface temperature are relatively minor, but that mid- latitude continental interiors suffer a much greater range.
francis1897 answered the question on October 4, 2022 at 13:46