THE SHORTEST DAY
Occurrence This Week
CHANGE IN DAYLIGHT HOURS
The official commencement of winter in the southern hemisphere and of summer in the northern hemisphere is marked by the occurrence on Saturday of tho “shortest day.” The sun will then be at the most northern portion of itg apparent path, and consequently will not rise as high or remain above tho horizon for as long as it does on any other day of tho year.
Actually the change in the length of the day over tho next few weeks will be so small as to pass unnoticed. Today the sun will be above the horizon at Hastings for nine hours 39 minutes
—almost the same interval as will occur on Saturday, the ‘‘shortest” day. At the end of the month the apparent day will be only one minute longer than it is to-day. It is only when seconds as well as minutes arc taken into account that Saturday hs proved to be the shortest day.
As the ground. still retains a considerable amount of the warmth it has absorbed during the autumn the coldest weather and mid-winter, in the meteorological sense, will not occur until this heat has been radiated away, which generally occurs about the end of July.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 157, 19 June 1935, Page 7
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210THE SHORTEST DAY Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 157, 19 June 1935, Page 7
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