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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Imagine the Earth as a pizza and the Sun as an oven. If you place the pizza in the oven while it is preheating, the pizza will gradually warm as the oven gets up to temp (or Earth’s hemisphere begins to tilt towards the Sun). The Summer Solstice would be the peak moment that both the oven has reached the desired cooking temperature and hit the duration for cooking. If you turn off the oven but leave the pizza within, it will begin to get too hot and burn as the pizza continues to absorb the heat while the oven itself cools (or the Earth begins to tilt away/perpendicular to the Sun).
Edit: corrected that it is the tilt of the Earth and not distance as to the cause of the seasons.
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