Summer solstice is the longest day/gets most direct sun light. Doesn’t that mean the warmest season is 1/8 year before and after it? So summer solstice should be the middle of summer instead, right? Or is there delay between sunlight hitting earth and earth getting warm?
In: Earth Science
The solstice is not designated, it is a measurement of the orbit of the Earth. The reason there is more warm weather after it than before it is that Earth has significant thermal inertia. All that water soaks up heat and slowly heats up. Then even when less heat is coming in it takes time to slowly cool off.
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