THE LONGEST DAY
OCCURRENCE TO-MORROW
The longest day of the year will occur to-morrow, when the sun will reach the most southern portion of its path and consequently remain above the horizon for a longer period than on any other day. Actually, however, the sun’s motion southward is sb slight at the solstices that for some days before and after the longest day no perceptible change occurs in the. length of the day. Although the longest day falls cn December 23 this year, there is no fixed date on which it falls, the solstice occurring on any day from the 21st to 23rd in different years. The solstice is sometimes termed midsummer’s day, but in no country does it mark the hottest Weather. It is not until the ground has absorbed all possible warmth from the solar rays and has reached “saturation ’ point that mid-summer actually occurs iu the meteorological sense—in New Zealand Ibis is generally in February.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 6
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158THE LONGEST DAY Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18587, 22 December 1934, Page 6
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