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Move to Ecuador if you want never winter. Florida is relatively mild though.
White Christmases are nice. As long as the snow stays off the streets so we can drive safely. Maybe just a bit on the lawn.
Mild,105 with no shade isn't mild.humidity kills,desert weather ain't crap.been to the stan,130 by 8 am.still pales to floridaMove to Ecuador if you want never winter. Florida is relatively mild though.
Declination varies from 23.45 degrees north to 23.45 degrees south. 16 means we are running out of Summer. Sundials show time based on the sun's azimuth not the altitude.
As for sundials, I think you mean right ascension (meridian) rather than azimuth...
It is my understanding that the sun only tracks right ascension at the equator. North of the equator, its apparent motion describes an arc part way between right ascension and the horizon. Go far enough north and the sun doesn't set at all during the summer. It just describes a slow arc around the horizon. Azimuth would be the correct technical term for non equatorial arcs, although right ascension gives the general idea in most latitudes.
Maybe I got it all mixed up though. Wouldn't be the first time.
Wiki said:Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol α) is the angular distance measured only eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox...
Azimuth is the angular distance around the horizon toward something....east is 90...and west is 270 degrees...
When I pray, I like to face Jerusalem which has an Azimuth of about 53 degrees (somewhat northeast direction) from my location near Philadelphia Pa.
Movable Type Scripts said:In general, your current heading will vary as you follow a great circle path (orthodrome); the final heading will differ from the initial heading by varying degrees according to distance and latitude (if you were to go from say 35°N,45°E (≈ Baghdad) to 35°N,135°E (≈ Osaka), you would start on a heading of 60° and end up on a heading of 120°!).