Why are the warmest/coldest days not near the solstice but rather a few weeks after the date?

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Technically, on the solstice the sun is warming up the hemisphere for the longest/shortest time…

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Is the oven the hottest right when you turn it on, or right when you turn it off?

It takes a while to heat or cool an entire hemisphere of a planet, so peak seasonal temperatures lag the solar maximum/minimum by a month or so.

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