🇺🇸 Albany vs 🇺🇸 San Francisco

Albany, New York's capital, on the Hudson River at the confluence with the Mohawk has a full humid continental climate. The Hudson Valley orientation channels weather systems efficiently north-south. Winters can be harsh from cold air descending through the Mohawk Valley gap from the Great Lakes region.

San Francisco's climate is shaped by its position on a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. The coastal fog (Karl the Fog) rolls in through the Golden Gate each summer afternoon, keeping temperatures mild year-round. The city has dramatically different microclimates — the Sunset District fog-bound while the Mission basks in sun on the same day.