In general is it the further you travel down south the hotter it gets?

Question

In general is it the further you travel down south the hotter it gets?

Answer 1

Very true!

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Answer 2

Yep!!!

Answer 3

Yes, until you hit the Equator, then it starts getting cooler the further south you go.

Answer 4

To a certain extent yes. But..if you traveled so far south that you went past the equator, it would begin to get cooler again as you kept traveling. That's why it's so cold at the "top" and "bottom" of the earth, and so tropical right smack dab in the middle.  

Answer 5

oh, it can get downright humid...very moist. i love to hang out there whenever i can.

Answer 6

generally speaking the closer you go to the equator the hotter it gets. Antartica would be all the way "South" and its colder than the north pole down there.

if its on an island or a coast the temperature will also be cooler, but more stable than smack in the middle of a continent.

Answer 7

That ain't necessarily true as it all depends on your definition of "hotter" or hotness.  Here in the USA the further South the less hot action but more weather type hotness i.e. heat.  Also South of where?  It can get soooo confusing.  

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Answer 8

no not really

Answer 9

Depends on humidity.

Answer 10

only if you go mouth to south

Answer 11

The closer to the equator you get, generally the warmer it becomes.

Answer 12

and more humid  very moist indeed

Answer 13

What you observed is the change of temperature with Longitude.

If you live in the Northern hemisphere then it'll get hotter till you reach the equator. The trend is the temperature to get warmer from The North Pole till the equator. Once you reach the equator then it'll gradually start getting cooler as you approach the South Pole.

But there are other factors which could be the governing factors for temperature at a place. Namely

- Altitude (i.e how high the place is from mean sea level) - Higher you are the cooler it is.

- Vegetation (it is always hotter in a desert than in a forest)

- Location (land locked area or the coast)

- Amount of Rainfall(depends on the location)

All these factors put together determine the temperature at a place.

Answer 14

yes

Answer 15

The closer you are to the equator, the hotter it gets.

Answer 16

I think it is the closer you get to the equator

Answer 17

In more ways than one!

Answer 18

If you're in the Northerm hemisphere of the world, yes, to a certain extent.

The truth is that the closer to the Equator you are, the warmer it is, as this is where the Sun hits the Earth first and most directly.

If you're not sure what I just said, or what Equator means, then the Equator is an imaginary line that goes around the middle of the Earth horizontally. Look at this diagram on this link to see what I mean:

http://www.arcticice.org/images/lat.gif

I hope that's helped you understand!

Answer 19

I suppose that would depend where you started from.  The Equator is the hottest place on Earth (goes round the middle) so I imagine if you go South of there it would be colder.  The South Pole (the Southermost point in the world in Antarctica) is also pretty cold I think.  Where I live in Scotland though it is warmer if you travel South.

Answer 20

The wetter it gets. More 'forests' too!

Answer 21

In general, yes, if you are in the northern hemisphere.

when you get to the equator it will, in general get colder

Answer 22

Ever heard of Antarctica?

Answer 23

its warm in aus lmao you sick  lol i thought you were serious  well done  

Answer 24

for sure....and very moist....but the north can be very hot as well....suck the juices right out of ya if your not careful.....♥

Answer 25

Yes - It's medium here in the southwest, cuz we're the middle part.

Answer 26

South=Bliss......x

Answer 27

Pretty much

~MLF~

Answer 28

No, it's the further YOU travel south.

Answer 29

kinda, its really just the closer u get to the equator the hotter it gets

Answer 30

It depends on where you are. In general, if you are in the northern hemisphere, yes. If you are in the southern hemisphere, it gets colder. But this is just a generalization, it really depends on where you are (country, state, region)