If it is the longest day because it gets the most sunlight why is it not the hottest on average? Why does it not correlate with the hottest day of the year?
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The length of day does not affect the temperature of the surroundings. For relation – islands of Svalbard north of Norway has sunlight 24 hours a day from April to late August and the Average summer temperatures on Svalbard range from 3 to 7 °C . The temperature of the surroundings depends upon how the earth is tilted towards the sun, the altitude you are at on earth and how far away from the tropical oceanic currents you are located.
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