So is the thermal lag time just the amount of time it takes to heat things up? So after the solstice, the energy from the sun is increasing but the temperature trails behind? Then at the Summer Solstice even though the energy from the sun starts to decrease, things still get hotter because that lag is catching up?
WayneHudsonIII OP t1_j2dfrf1 wrote
Reply to comment by keithatcpt in I live in New Hampshire, USA. How come it continues to get colder here after the Winter solstice? by WayneHudsonIII
Interesting. Thanks for your response!
So is the thermal lag time just the amount of time it takes to heat things up? So after the solstice, the energy from the sun is increasing but the temperature trails behind? Then at the Summer Solstice even though the energy from the sun starts to decrease, things still get hotter because that lag is catching up?