If the north pole gets 24 hours of sunlight in summer, how come it’s still colder than areas with 10 hours of sunlight?

Question

In summer, the Northern Hemisphere gets 24 hours of sunlight, because the axis is tilted towards the sun. But how come, even with the 24 hours of sunlight, is the North Pole still colder than areas that only get 10 hours of sunlight?

In: Earth Science

Answer 1

Because the sun is very low in the sky (relative).

Get a ball and shine a torch on it above the equator – the light is more intense at the midpoint than at the poles, thus it warms up quicker.