Hottest time of the day?

[Los Palmas 7]

Please can the PH intelligentsia settle a long-running argument between me and my driver's mate.

I believe that the hottest time of the day is noon, when the sun is highest in the sky - and back this up with evidence supplied by none other than Noel Coward.

He insists that the hottest time is a bit later, around 1400 or 1500. The idiot.

So, who's wrong?

[ShadownINja]

You're both right. It's from about midday to 3pm.

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/health_advice/facts/sun...

Edited by ShadownINja on Sunday 28th June 14:13

[Los Palmas 7]

ShadownINja said:

You're both right. It's from about midday to 3pm.

Well, that's disappointing. How am I supposed to shove my tongue behind my bottom lip and make "uuuuuur" noises at him if we're both right?

[Lemmonie]

Well is STARTS at noon, so you are more right!!

[Digger]

We have a good week coming up to test this theory out. I would suggest closer to 3pm than midday, as there is more latent heat assuming the sun stays out etc?

[cottonfoo]

According to my graphs (WMR928 logging to rrdtool), and assuming no cloud or cold fronts moving in, the hottest part (in my garden at least) is from 2-3pm.

[Puggit]

There's no hard and fast rule.

Yesterday the highest temp was at 12.38pm, Friday was 7.15pm, and today we're at the highest temp of the year, let alone the day, right now (15.25).

[ali_kat]

Los Palmas 7 said:

I believe that the hottest time of the day is noon, when the sun is highest in the sky - and back this up with evidence supplied by none other than Noel Coward.

He insists that the hottest time is a bit later, around 1400 or 1500. The idiot.

So, who's wrong?

Your mate

The sun is at it's hottest at it's height - midday

However, it takes a longer time to heat the air up, so the longer it is shining, the hotter it will get, until it starts to go down - hence we have cooler evenings and mornings

I think

[pad58]

Theres no sun out now ,but its sill very muggy and hot and its.....18.39 (twenty to seven)

(pulls another ringpull)

[LeoSayer]

I think you're wrong (during British summer time anyway).

The sun is highest in the sky just after 1pm - we are currently in BST, the clocks are one hour ahead of GMT.

[tonyvid]

ali_kat said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

I believe that the hottest time of the day is noon, when the sun is highest in the sky - and back this up with evidence supplied by none other than Noel Coward.

He insists that the hottest time is a bit later, around 1400 or 1500. The idiot.

So, who's wrong?

Your mate

The sun's IR radiation is at it's hotteststrongest at it's height - midday

However, it takes a longer time to heat the air up, so the longer it is shining, the hotter it will get, until it starts to go down - hence we have cooler evenings and mornings

I think

Almost

[Norbury90]

I am also in the 2-3pm camp. The sun is the thing that warms us up, so the longer it is out, the warmer it will get. Isn't the coldest time meant to be just before sunrise? (4-6am) rather than midnight, which it should be based on your theory.

[ali_kat]

tonyvid said:

ali_kat said:

Los Palmas 7 said:

I believe that the hottest time of the day is noon, when the sun is highest in the sky - and back this up with evidence supplied by none other than Noel Coward.

He insists that the hottest time is a bit later, around 1400 or 1500. The idiot.

So, who's wrong?

Your mate

The sun's IR radiation is at it's hotteststrongest at it's height - midday

However, it takes a longer time to heat the air up, so the longer it is shining, the hotter it will get, until it starts to go down - hence we have cooler evenings and mornings

I think

Almost