Summer solstice 2022

2022 - 12 - 21

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Summer solstice Australia: Date, time and what it means (RUSSH)

WORDS Jahlia Solomon PHOTOGRAPHY Unsplash PUBLISHED Wed, 21 Dec 2022 - 9:20 am. At this point in the year, summer is well and truly upon us and as the ...

Unlike a solstice where the Earth is faced in polar opposite directions to the moon or sun; an equinox represents a solar event when day and night are roughly equal. This is the perfect time of the year to reset with new years eve around the corner. As is the case with all lunar and solar events, the summer solstice provides an opportunity to realign, re-centre and let go. The summer solstice will feel like the longest day of the year as it marks the period we have the most amount of daylight, making it not only the longest but also the brightest day of the year. And although we'll experience the longest day of the year, this doesn't mean there are any fewer hours or minutes in the day, it simply refers to daylight. [summer](/tag/summer/) is well and truly upon us and as the summer solstice approaches on 22 December, 2022, we wanted to break down what it means.

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Tomorrow will be Australia's longest day of the year (9News)

The summer solstice, which marks the longest day of the year in the Southern Hemisphere in terms of dayligh...

The city's highest temperature on record was 41.8ºC on January 4, 2013. The hottest day in Sydney between 1990 and 2022 occurred on January 18 in 2013. Although you might think the warmest time of the year is during the summer solstice, when there are the most hours of sunlight in the day, this is a common misconception, Weatherzone says.

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