Why Summer Simmers So

The basic player in summer heat is, you guessed it, the sun. It must be a lot closer to us in the summer than in the winter, right? Not true.

Actually, with the Earth's elliptical orbit, we're closest to the sun in January and farthest from it in July. So the reason we get scorched is not because we've cozied up to the celestial furnace. No, summer comes from the tilt of the Earth, which affects the intensity and duration of sunlight we get hit with throughout the year.

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