It is the longest day, so it gets the most sunshine, why is it hotter latter in the summer when the days are getting shorter again???
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Interestingly, the earliest sunrise and latest sunset do not occur on the summer solstice, the longest day. Earliest sunrise happens about a week before, latest sunset about a week after. This is due to a combination of the Earth’s axial tilt and elliptical orbit around the sun. Remember seeing that skinny figure 8 in the middle of the Pacific ocean on globes or maps? It’s called an analemma, it shows the sun’s daily motion in the sky over the course of a year. The sun runs a little early or late at various times of the year due to Earth’s tilt and elliptical orbit. It can get a bit complicated:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analemma)
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