Happy first day of Summer

Personally I hate summer, because I live in Texas. Summer means hot and there is almost no relief 4 months. I like late fall, winter and early spring. It don't even cool off in the mornings enough to be comfortable.

Anyway a few things about the first day of what we call summer in the US. It is the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. It's a little over 14 hours of sun here in DFW. The farther you go north in latitude the longer the first day of summer is. Today in Minneapolis - Daylight Hours: 15 hours, 36 minutes (Sunrise Today: 5:26 AM, 55° Northeast Sunset Today: 9:03 PM, 305° Northwest) in Fort Worth Daylight Hours: 14 hours, 18 minutes (Sunrise Today: 6:22 AM, 61° Northeast, Sunset Today: 8:40 PM,  299° Northwest).

The only day in the US that the days are equal everywhere in length is on the first day of spring and the first day of fall. In which day and night are equally 12 hours, but this is not true for the tropics and the poles, which the US is in neither.

Happy first day of summer.