In June the northern hemisphere is tiled towards the sun and in December the Southern Hemisphere is most tilted towards the sun so in spring/autumn wouldn’t the equator be most towards the sun so it would be hotter?
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Oh my gosh I spent so long trying to explain this to my coworkers just the other day – the northern and southern climes have one maximum and one minimum of solar intensity per year, but the equator has two maxes and two minima. They just would not buy it, pointing out that of course the equator is hotter, as it was tropical. Drove me crazy.
Edit: great answers here. Thanks everyone!
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