summer solstice
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Because Earth's axis is tilted relative to its orbit, areas outside the tropics experience one yearly peak in solar radiation near the summer solstice.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
The sun reaches the highest point in the sky and therefore its peak strength during June – especially around the summer solstice.
From BBC • May 30, 2025
As both sunrise and sunset times extend, the UK will end up with almost 19 hours of daylight in the north of Scotland at the summer solstice on 21 June.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2025
Yet on the summer solstice, I spotted his SUV at the beach.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025
It was a week before the summer solstice.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
