The shortest day of the year is December 21 in the northern hemisphere and our coldest months are December, January, and February.
Why are our coldest months not November, December, and January?
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Imagine you put a pot of water on the stove, and turn your stove to “high” for a minute.
After a minute, while the water is still warming up, you turn the heat on the stove down to medium-high. Does the water cool down, or does it keep warming up?
The same thing, in essence, happens with the seasons. The summer and winter solstices are the times when the stove is at its highest or lowest, but the temperature of the pot of water is *chasing* the temperature of the stove, not matching it.
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