August 2006 Archives

It is true that the highest sun angle occurs in June. It is on the 21st or 22nd of June each year (the first day of summer or summer solstice) that we receive the sun’s most powerful rays here in the Northern Hemisphere. The reason for the delay in maximum temperature is because heating and cooling is cumulative.

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