In which month was the longest day of the year?

Answer 1

If you are in the northern hemisphere, then the day with most daylight is in June. If you are in the Southern Hemisphere, then it is in December.

It is not the answer you are looking for, but you can also say that as clocks go back in October, there is a day that is 25 hours long.

Answer 2

All of the days in Australia are the same length ... 24 hours, just like everywhere

else on Earth.

If you're talking about the length of daylight, when the sun is above the horizon,

then the situation is slightly more complicated, and there isn't one single answer

that covers all of australia.

We have to split the country into two regions ... north and south of the parallel

of about 23.5° south latitude. That's roughly the line through Lake Macleod on

the west coast, Paraburdoo Airport, Rudall River National Park, Lake Mackay,

Lake Macdonnell National Park, Diamantina National Park, and the city of

Rockhampton.

Anywhere in Australia south of this line, the longest daylight is always within a

day or two of December 22.

Anywhere in Australia north of this line, there are two days of the year that are tied

for longest daylight.

-- Both of them are after September 21 and before March 21.

-- The day exactly midway between them is December 21 or 22.

-- How long they are on each side of December 21 or 22 depends on how far

north of the line the place is.

Another opinion: I think the day with longest daylight is indeed around December

21 or 22 (the solstice) at all places in Australia.

I think that some of the above answer is about when the Sun reaches the "zenith"

in the sky, at places north of the Tropic of Capricorn (about 23.5 degrees South).

But the Sun does not usually reach the zenith on the longest day.

At the equator, all days in the year have 12 hours daylight (near enough).

Nairobi, in Kenya, is only about one degree south of the equator, but it still has

its longest day around December 21.

However, even on the longest day in Nairobi, the daylight lasts only about 15 minutes longer than 12 hours.

Answer 3

The longest period of daylight in Australia happens during their summer solstice, in December.

Answer 4

December

- it's the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the longest in the South. 21st June is the reverse being the longest in the North and shortest in the South.

Answer 5

Longest day is on July 22.In the northern hemisphere

Answer 6

The longest daylight periods occur in either in June or December depending on whether you're in the Northern or Southern hemisphere.

Answer 7

Since Australia is in the southern hemisphere, that would be December.

Answer 8

bobins eats mouldy bananas !

Answer 9

29 1/2 days.

Answer 10

December.