Banana belt

Examples of "banana belts"

[Canada]

• Whitehorse in the Yukon.
• Windsor and Essex County in Ontario
• The Niagara Peninsula in Ontario.
• Melita in Manitoba.
• The southern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia
• Chatham-Kent municipality in Ontario.
• Victoria, British Columbia along with Saanich, British Columbia and surrounding areas in the region which forms Greater Victoria is considered the warmest metropolitan area in Canada, especially during the winter season due to having "Fewest frozen days".
• Medicine Hat and Lethbridge in Alberta due to the influence of Chinook winds.
• The cities of Kelowna, Penticton, and Vernon in the Okanagan region.
• Osoyoos in the region of British Columbia Southern Interior.
• Creston in Central Kootenay of British Columbia.

  [United States]

• Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
• Southwestern North Dakota
• Rapid City, South Dakota, in the Black Hills
• Menominee, Escanaba, Manistique, and Iron Mountain Michigan are in the banana belt of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
• Sausalito, California has a small banana belt region located in the hillside that is said to escape the fog and rain of the San Francisco and southern Marin County areas.
• The Arkansas River Valley in Colorado, located in the Rocky Mountains, east of the Continental Divide and below the Sawatch Range of 14,000 foot peaks, is often referred to as a "banana belt". It includes the towns of Buena Vista, Salida, Parkdale, Cañon City to Pueblo, Colorado.
• The portion of the Oregon Coast region south of Port Orford is known as "Oregon's Banana Belt" because of its mild climate in relation to the rest of the coast. The largest communities in this region are Brookings-Harbor and Gold Beach.
• Lewiston, Idaho, the Treasure Valley area around Nampa is known as Idaho's Banana Belt. With Lewiston located at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater Rivers, it is known as the “Banana Belt of the Pacific Northwest.” Residents enjoy year-round golfing, while being only a short drive away from snow skiing.
• Bitterroot Valley in southwestern Montana

  [Europe]

• Western Europe, and Northern Europe, including the United Kingdom and Ireland have mild winters due to the warming effects of the North Atlantic Current.