🇺🇸 San Francisco vs 🇺🇸 Wichita

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.

Wichita at the confluence of the Arkansas and Little Arkansas rivers is in the heart of tornado alley on the Kansas plains. The flat terrain means extreme weather arrives without warning — tornadoes, blizzards, ice storms, and heat waves all occur here. Summer is very hot while winters bring periodic intense cold snaps from Arctic fronts.