...in the Western hemisphere, of course. Since we have the summer solstice around the 3rd week of June, shouldn't we have the hottest days around that date???
04/21/99- Updated 12:48 PM ET July was Earth's hottest month on record WASHINGTON - July was the world's warmest month on record, and 1998 is on track to become the planet's hottest known year, data reported Monday shows. Temperatures in each of the past 15 months have broken global highs for that month. But July was distinctive in another way: Its average of 61.7 degrees Fahrenheit was more than half a degree higher than July 1997, the planet's previous warmest month, according to the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Scientists say the increase, 0.6 degrees, is unusually large. The monthly average was 1.26 degrees hotter than typical. "It would be hard to ignore that something's going on - and that something is global warming," Vice President Gore said Monday in announcing the data. Last year was the hottest year measured since reliable data collection began in the late 1800s. http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/wc081098.htm
This thread is not about global warming! OK, so let's have July as the hottest month, still, why not June, when that's when we are getting the most sunshine?? P.S.: Except for the July correction, your post was offtopic...Also August is still warmer than June, at least where I live.... Edit: I guess I have found the answer: "In a coastal region where the sea works as a reservoir of heat, the warmest part of the summer will be delayed to perhaps August. In a continental region, away from the sea, the warmest part of the year will be when the sun is the highest in the sky: at the end of June and beginning of July." http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080712040751AAX5Bzt
The second part of that is incorrect and misleading. It represents the same kind of thinking that my wife used to have about it should be hottest precisely at noon rather than at about 3pm. Land, and the things on it - buildings, trees and other vegetation, lakes, rivers, etc. are ALSO heat resevoirs and continue to be warmed after the sun passes through the higest point in the sky. And the same is true of the months directly following the equinox - it's a cumulative thing and also depends on winds, cloud cover and rain/evaporation in particular specific locations.
"In a continental region, away from the sea, the warmest part of the year will be when the sun is the highest in the sky: at the end of June and beginning of July." Beginning of July is the equivalent of 3 pm.
Good point, thank you.Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! But just be sure to not overlook all the variables I mentioned about a specific location.
