ELi5: This morning it is 22°. Yesterday morning, it was -3°. Why does temperature fluctuate more broadly in winter, as opposed to summer?

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ELi5: This morning it is 22°. Yesterday morning, it was -3°. Why does temperature fluctuate more broadly in winter, as opposed to summer?

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I have the opposite experience. Where I live the temperature has been betwen 3 and 8 degrees for weeks. In summer it easily goes up or down 15 degrees within a day.

The reason is that during winter the sunlight is less strong, so solar forcing on the temperature is less.

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