In article , Martin Sykes
writes

Northern England is 'darker' than Southern England in winter. It's also
darker in summer and any other time of year. It's darker because the sun is
lower in the sky and so hits the ground more obliquely which means there is
less energy from the sun per square metre.


During our summer, we get more sun relative to the southern *hemisphere*
because of the angle of the earth's axis relative to its orbit, but because
Britain isn't near the equator, it all gets sunnier at the same time during
summer and darker at the same time during winter.

Eh? So why in summer is sunset later in scotland compared to SW?

And because Northern
Britain is further from the equator than Southern Britain, it's always
darker up north :-(


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Kay Easton

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