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The sunniest month in the world is December in Eastern Antarctica, with almost 23 hours of bright sun daily. [ 7 ] Conversely, higher latitudes (above 50° north/south) lying in stormy westerlies have much cloudier and more unstable and rainy weather, and often have the lowest values of sunshine duration annually.
Sunshine duration is usually expressed in hours per year, or in (average) hours per day. The first measure indicates the general sunniness of a location compared with other places, while the latter allows for comparison of sunshine in various seasons in the same location. [ 1 ]
Although the summer solstice is the longest day of the year for that hemisphere, the dates of earliest sunrise and latest sunset vary by a few days. [8] This is because Earth orbits the Sun in an ellipse, and its orbital speed varies slightly during the year.
The dates of the solstice varies each year and may occur a day earlier or later depending on the time zone. Because the earth's orbit takes slightly longer than a calendar year of 365 days, the solstices occur slightly later each calendar year, until a leap day re-aligns the calendar with the orbit.
Year Ref. Albania: Tirana: 124 125 165 191 263 298 354 327 264 218 127 88 2,544 [1] Albania: Vlorë: 133 148 173 225 273 318 369 344 279 211 117 99 2,690 [2] [3] Albania: Durrës: 133 135 173 207 279 318 375 325 261 217 147 124 2,696 Albania: Lezhë: 130 130 173 201 270 306 363 322 258 208 138 118 2,617 [4] Armenia: Yerevan: 104.5 136.8 186.5 ...
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Illumination of Earth by the Sun on the day of the June solstice The June solstice is the solstice on Earth that occurs annually between 20 and 22 June according to the Gregorian calendar . In the Northern Hemisphere , the June solstice is the summer solstice (the day with the longest period of daylight), while in the Southern Hemisphere it is ...
Midnight sun at the North Cape on the island of Magerøya in Norway. Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight.