We had no idea how far north we are in the world until we looked it up on the internet. And we really never thought about where we used to live in relation to the rest of the world. The northernmost point in the U.S. lower 48 is in Lake of the Woods, Minnesota. That's farther north than any place in Maine or Washington.
By comparison, Hasselt, Belgium, where we live, is even farther north than Minnesota. It would be the equivalent of driving about 70 miles north of Lake of the Woods, Minnesota into Canada. Also by comparison, Ruston is close to the same latitude as Tel Aviv, Israel which is way south of all of Europe.
The weather here has been nearly perfect since I got here as were the 2 weeks we spent in late May. Every day has been around a low of 13 and a high of 21. That's a range of about 55 to 70F. However, the upcoming weather report indicates Summer may be over. This time next week the low is 7 and the high is 9. Again, for me and all you other non-metricists, that's 45 and 48!
I understand it doesn't get nearly as cold here as it does in Minnesota or Canada because of the North Sea, but I guess we'll find out soon enough (how cold it gets).
Considering the North Sea maybe winter will be like it is in N. PA. You guys will have to go skiing....at least cross country skiing. I think you would like it.
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