what makes winter cold?

Question

during winter the sun shines with the same intensity and same distance. what blocks the heat from the sun. is the harmful radiations too blocked during this. is it okay to go under the sun for long time during winter..

Answer 1

The tilt of the earth's axis relative to its orbital plane has a dramatic effect on the weather. The popular belief that winter is caused by the Earth being farther from the Sun than in summer is not true. In fact, winter occurs in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth is closest to the Sun.

The earth is tilted at an angle of 23°27' (23 degrees 27 minutes) to the plane of its orbit, and this causes different latitudes on the Earth to directly face the Sun as the Earth moves through its orbit. It is this variation that primarily brings about the seasons. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere faces the Sun more directly and thus experiences warmer temperatures than the Northern Hemisphere.

During winter in either hemisphere, sunlight hits that hemisphere at an oblique angle. In regions experiencing winter, the same amount of solar radiation is spread out over a larger area (see Effect of sun angle on climate). This effect is compounded by the larger distance that the light must travel through the atmosphere, allowing the atmosphere to filter more of this already limited he

Answer 2

Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate zones. It is the season with the shortest days and the lowest temperatures. In areas farther from the equator, winter is often marked by snow.
The tilt of the earth's axis relative to its orbital plane has a dramatic effect on the weather. The popular belief that winter is caused by the Earth being farther from the Sun than in summer is not true. In fact, winter occurs in the Northern Hemisphere when the Earth is closest to the Sun.

The earth is tilted at an angle of 23°27' (23 degrees 27 minutes) to the plane of its orbit, and this causes different latitudes on the Earth to directly face the Sun as the Earth moves through its orbit. It is this variation that primarily brings about the seasons. When it is winter in the Northern Hemisphere, the Southern Hemisphere faces the Sun more directly and thus experiences warmer temperatures than the Northern Hemisphere.

During winter in either hemisphere, sunlight hits that hemisphere at an oblique angle. In regions experiencing winter, the same amount of solar radiation is spread out over a larger area (see Effect of sun angle on climate). This effect is compounded by the larger distance that the light must travel through the atmosphere, allowing the atmosphere to filter more of this already limited heat

Answer 3

In the winter we are tilted away from the sun, and some of the sunlight that would shine on us passes us by, so we don't get as much heat, and it gets colder. Above the Arctic Circle there is no sunlight at all for part of the year. UV light is lessened for the same reason, so, as far as sunburn is concerned, yes, you can stay out longer., but you're liable to windburn and frostbite, which are just as unpleasant.

Answer 4

Just a logical exercise here to put it in more common "everday" terms: Str8triso's answer seems obvious to me once I think about it. Think of the difference between early morning and noon. What is the only significant difference? Answer: the angle at which the sun's rays enter the atmosphere, which means that that rays are spread over a larger area of the earth, and they go father through the earth's atmosphere.

Answer 5

We are closer to the sun so the rays dont have as long to reach us before bouncing of the ozone layer, but were making a mess of that and now its not doing its job right but every clound has a silver lining we will soon have hot winters due to global warming.

Answer 6

hi feroz
i don't know who had taught u that sun is at the same distance at winter.but to my knowledge that is absurd......
u know that earth's revolution around the sun bring us the changes in climate.
when the sun is directly above or stright to a region sun's infra red and ultra violet fall straight and with much intensity,so that region experiences summer and the region is hot.
when the earth revolves, sun comes to the opposite side and very less intensity of sun's rays fall on that region marked by
cold ,namely winter.
these are extremely felt only at the equitorial regions and quiet rightly so.
whi

Answer 7

actually the sun is further in summer, and closer in winter to the Earth, it's the tilt of the axis that gives more exposure to the sun's rays in summer (northern hemisphere) that makes the weather warm.

Answer 8

make sure you have a rug right next to your bed so that way when you get up your not freezing, as wierd as this may sound, take a warm shower but change it over to cool toward the end. when you do this you are forcing your body to warm up thus in a way "training your body" to take the cold a little better when all else fails there's always Hawaii

Answer 9

It is ok to "lay out" in the sun during the winter, but you don't get much of a tan since YOU'RE WEARING 3 LAYERS OF CLOTHES !!!

Answer 10

The tilty willty of the earths axis going around the sunny wunney!