THE SHORTEST DAY
\ Although 21st June is popularly considered to be the shortest day of the year, that is not so this year, the dis-tinct-ion falling on 22nd June (to-moi-xow), but the actual difference, is very small—one second. : "After to-morrow the. shortest day, which marks the winter solstice, will have passed, and the days will bo lengthened," said the Dominion Meteorologist, Mr. D.-1 C. Bates, to a Post reporter to-day. The hour of sunset has been getting later since lothJune, but sunrise will not commence to ■be earlier until 30th Jdne. Mr. Bates explains that this apparent difference is owing to the equation of time, by which clocks are made to keep regular time, whereas solar: time differs. The .winter months in New Zealand are June, July, and August, but July is the coldest "month of,the year, (which bears out the old saying •that "as the days lengthen so the cold strengthens." Similarly, although tlii summer solstice occurs in December, the warmest month of the year is January. ; .. V. :. ..: , ", -,'
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Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 8
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169THE SHORTEST DAY Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 146, 21 June 1916, Page 8
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