Longest Day in Yuma?

Thursday, 21 June 2007

A few days ago, an advertisement caught my attention:
Quote..... Longest Day in Yuma. See Yuma during summer solstice through the lenses of local photographers in the June 27th/28th edition of 3310 or online at www.3310online.com after June 27th. The entire edition is devoted to photographs of Yuma, taken from midnight to midnight on June 21st 2007.... Unquote

What does it mean? I thought the sun would rise earlier and set later. The sun was already up at 6 am and only set about 8 pm.

According to TheDenverChamber.com
Quote..... Thursday will mark the official start to summer across the northern hemisphere. The sun will end its six month journey north at 11:06 am MDT as it shines directly over the Tropic of Cancer. It will then begin a six month journey back to the south, taking us through the summer and fall seasons. This is also the time of year when locations north of the tropics see the most hours of daylight. Shadows cast by the sun are also the shortest because the sun will be as close to directly overhead as it gets..... Unquote

According to another website (which I forgot where) it said:
Quote..... In the northern half of the world, June 21st is the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. (Actually, summer "arrives" at 0148 UT on June 21st, which is 9:48 ET June 20th, so the solstice occurs during the night of the 20th for many of our readers. But, that being night -- or at least evening -- the 21st is still the first full day of summer!)..... Unquote

I knew today was the official start date of Summer. It was 112 degrees F at 5 pm. And it was hot to me! Humidity was less than 20% I remember someone told me once that your skin would wrinkle here and you would look older than you would in a humid country like Malaysia!