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Why isn't the longest day the hottest?

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Why isn't the longest day the hottest?

Because heat builds up rather than settling in at once: as long as the Earth takes in more energy from the Sun than it gives back, its temperature keeps rising, and that surplus runs on for weeks past the solstice. So the peak heat lands in late July, when the two finally balance out.

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