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Higher sun angle and longer daylight hours in the subtropics compared to the deep tropics, in the summer, and high humidity keep the deep tropics record high cooler (hardly any 35C/95F+ heatwaves)
Until the sun angle becomes quite low, in polar regions, the longer days make higher extremes possible in the middle latitudes. Thus, Troy, New York and Tallahassee, Florida both have record highs of 108 degrees, or 42 C. Jamaica never gets that hot, nor does Belem, Brazil.
Over the years I have noticed that inland parts of New York get far warmer in April, May and June than the more southerly coasts. Albany and even Montreal can be well into the 80's or even 90's and NYC have cool drizzle.
Higher sun angle and longer daylight hours in the subtropics compared to the deep tropics, in the summer, and high humidity keep the deep tropics record high cooler (hardly any 35C/95F+ heatwaves)
Sun angle is higher in the tropics, the concept of tropics is based on directness of sun rays, latitudes higher than 23.5ºS or 23.5ºN never gets direct sun, while the equator gets direct sun twice a year.
But you're one of the few who understood my question.
Until the sun angle becomes quite low, in polar regions, the longer days make higher extremes possible in the middle latitudes. Thus, Troy, New York and Tallahassee, Florida both have record highs of 108 degrees, or 42 C. Jamaica never gets that hot, nor does Belem, Brazil.
Over the years I have noticed that inland parts of New York get far warmer in April, May and June than the more southerly coasts. Albany and even Montreal can be well into the 80's or even 90's and NYC have cool drizzle.
This makes me wonder, what is the perfect latitude to get extremely high temperatures ?
Sun angle is higher in the tropics, the concept of tropics is based on directness of sun rays, latitudes higher than 23.5ºS or 23.5ºN never gets direct sun, while the equator gets direct sun twice a year.
But you're one of the few who understood my question.
No. I was talking about Summer solstice (21ish June/Dec) only, which means the sun declination is around +/- 23.44º, which means sun is exactly overhead at latitude 23.44 (N/S, for jun/dec respectively) solar noon during the solstice, and the equator only get 90-23.44 = 66.56º sun angle for solar noon , same with 46.88º latitude (N/S)
It is not only the sun angle and the length of daylight that influence the temperature. In more northern latitudes, record high temps occor mostly when a high pressure system stops rainfall for a few weeks or so. This results in a very dry soil. Dry soils warm up quickly.
In the tropics (especially in the ITC zone), prolonged dry periods are rare.
When you only take solar power in consideration, the locations with the most solar power within 24 ours are....90 north (21 june) or south (21 dec).
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Once factoring out elevation, it seems that the core of summer heat in the Northern Hemisphere is in the Horse Lattitudes (25-33°N), and goes a bit further poleward in the California Deserts. The hottest INHABITED place in the western hemisphere for Jun/Jul/Aug is Needles, CA at 35°N, 11.5° outside the tropics.
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