eli5: why isn’t the summer Solstice the hottest day of the year?

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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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First off weather is complicated, certain years in certain places it may very well be the hottest day

But one big factor is that the days are still long enough and the sunlight is still intense enough that the earth doesn’t have enough time to cool all the way down overnight. So heat still build a up and you get hotter days.

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