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Originally Posted by flatbutt

I've always found the solstice to be ironic. First day of winter the days start getting longer, first day of summer they start getting shorter.

Are you referring to the fact that it seems more intuitive to think that the peak of summer/winter should be the solstice? Sort of like noon should be the peak of the day?

Yeah, but that's not how it works, of course. The hottest part of the day isn't noon. The heat added each day continues to get added after noon (same goes for summer after the solstice) so the hottest part of the day is usually more like 3-5pm. Summer/day and winter/night are similar for hot/cold.