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How do the climatic conditions of san francisco, california, and wichita, kansas, compare, considering they are at about the same latitude?

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San Francisco is located at 37.77 ° and Wichita at 37.65 ° latitude, despite being very similar, however San Francisco rarely has winter minimums that are below freezing or summer maximums that exceed 32 ° C, on the other hand, Wichita is susceptible to freezing from the end of autumn to the beginning of spring and reaches 32.2 ° C at least 65 days of the year. These differences are due to the fact that San Francisco is influenced by the marine effect, while Wichita is influenced by the continental effect.

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