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OT: Science Question Jan 23, 2020 23:47:20 GMT

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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jan 23, 2020 23:47:20 GMT

Jan 23, 2020 23:19:00 GMT theravenking said:

Dec 16, 2019 22:37:18 GMT TheGoodMan19 said:

I always thought it had to do with the Amount of daylight we get. Right now, it’s dark at 5 pm and doesn’t get light until after 7. Only 10 hours of daylight. In summer it gets light at 4:30 am and dark after 9:30 pm. 17 hours. More sun, warmer air. Now most of our weather comes from the north which sees almost no daylight

While this might sound sensible in theory, I don’t think the amount of daylight matters that much when it comes to changes in temperature.

This year we are having a very mild winter here in Central Europe and yet obviously the days are as short as they are each winter. The temperature does not drop automatically just because there is less daylight. On the contrary, often the shortest days around Christmas see a rise in temperature. It is almost a tradition that here in Germany we rarely have snow around Christmas, because for some reason the second half of December often brings a change for the milder weather.

Would it be that Europe had milder winters than North America? You weather ussally comes off the north Atlantic while ours comes from north Canada. the Atlantic is warmer than the Canadian tundra