Is Florida near the equator?

Question

Is Florida near the equator?

Answer 1

No it's not The latititude and longiitude of the airport in Key West is

24-33-22N/081-45-34.400W

Since you know that there are 60 minutes to a degree and each minute is a nautical mile you can then easily calculate exactly how far the airport at Key West is from the Equator

http://www.airnav.com/airport/KEYW

Answer 2

yea..i used to live in miami florida, mad close to the eqator that is why florida never really has a snowy winter

Answer 3

OK. the equator divides the world in half horizontally. if you think that the entire north american continent takes up the entire top half of the world, then yes, it does.

but seriously, if you go to "yahoo maps" and zoom out a bit until you see the world, then you'll notice that the equator runs through brazil.

nowhere near florida.

Answer 4

if you say california is then yes because mexico is closer to the equater

Answer 5

Compared to Maine Yes. But it's really no where near it. Get a map and look.

Answer 6

No. I don't think it's even near the Tropic of Cancer.

Answer 7

LOL do you own a map?

Answer 8

which part of florida?

Answer 9

it is closer than Patagonia, and Prudhoe bay too