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To: topher

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The length of day on March 31 was 12h 38m. The length of day today will be 14h 38m

The length of day March 31 last year was 12h 41m

The length of day May 21 of last year was 14h 40m

Your hypothesis makes no science sense.

There is a scientific reason for longer days this time of year. It is called “Summer.” But it happens every year, amazingly, at this same time.


4 posted on 05/21/2013 6:43:14 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (To attempt to have intercourse with a hornet's nest is a very bad idea)
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To: freedumb2003
There is a scientific reason for longer days this time of year. It is called “Summer.” But it happens every year, amazingly, at this same time.

This guy reminds me of my mother who, as a young girl growing up in the 1920's, couldn't figure out how the May beetles always knew the date so that they could turn into June bugs exactly on the first day of June.

Of course, grandpa would never tell her the secret.

7 posted on 05/21/2013 6:51:26 AM PDT by Quality_Not_Quantity (Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
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To: freedumb2003
The length of the day in Duluth, Minnesota on June 22nd is considerably longer than the length of the day in Brownsville, Texas on June 22nd.

As the sun moves further north during the summer months, the says are longer in the northern hemisphere.

The days are considerably shorter in the southern hemisphere in the summer months.

The short of this: in the summer, the sun travels farther and farther above the equator until the first day of summer is the longest day in the northern hemisphere.

8 posted on 05/21/2013 7:04:59 AM PDT by topher (Traditional values -- especially family values -- which have been proven over time.)
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To: freedumb2003

I think the larger part of the poster’s hypothesis is based on the fact that this year, vs last year, the cold has lingered much later into the season. That is surely true in this area (NOVA), where we rarely see 40 degree temps in mid-May, yet last week our temps ranged from 41 (overnight) to one day hitting 82, which is a more typical daytime temp here by mid to late May.

It sure doesn’t feel like Summer. It doesn’t even feel like Spring some days. This year our mid-day high temps have ranged primarily in the 60s. Throw in a couple extra hours of daylight, and the hypothesis isn’t so far out.


15 posted on 05/21/2013 7:14:19 AM PDT by EDINVA
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To: freedumb2003

There is a scientific reason for longer days this time of year. It is called “Summer.” But it happens every year, amazingly, at this same time.


Well, it used to. But now that mankind has dumped so much CO2 in the air, Mann’s models are showing that soon summer will begin in November and winter will begin in June. t’s our fault.
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30 posted on 05/21/2013 7:59:58 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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