Why isn’t the longest day of the year also the hottest?
In: Earth Science
The sun shining more directly into the hemisphere heats it up gradually. The heat buildup doesn’t dissipate completely at night, so the next day is a little hotter as a result. By the time you are at the longest day, only half of your summer days have come, so there is still more time for heat to build up until the sun isn’t shining as directly such that the heat can dissipate at night.
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