On Jun 28, 2:34 am, A Guy Called Tyketto
wrote:
Mxsmanic wrote:
Yes. The southwestern U.S. is at a much lower latitude, and so the length of
daylight in summar is shorter.

This makes absolutely no sense. If the southwestern US is at a
much lower latitude than France (which it is, as I've lived in BOTH),
the length of daylight would be LONGER in the summer, not shorter.

Guy, you may want to rethink that reply:

June 29, 2007 - Las Vegas - length of day: 14h 35m 46s
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...omy.html?n=127

June 29, 2007 - Paris - length of day: 16h 08m 14s
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...omy.html?n=195

In the summer "Daylight" lasts for more than 24h in the Arctic
(but only ~12h on the Equator)