The precise time of the winter solstice doesn't vary with location; it happens at a specific moment. For 2009, it is on December 21, at 11:38 PM GMT.
Jalisco, MX is in the GMT-6 time zone, so this would be 12/21/09 at 5:38PM local time.
On Wednesday, December 21, 2011, winter solstice will occur at about 9:28 p.m. PST.
Earth is getting colder at that time. It does not immediately start getting warmer once the winter solstice is passed. It can be up to a month later, before it begins, so the month after a winter solstice is cold. For the summer, it is the same, in that the Earth keeps getting warmer for a time after the summer solstice, so the warmest temperatures are after the summer solstice, before the cooling process starts.
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The winter solstice for the southern hemisphere happens around the 21st of June.
The December Solstice.Here in North America, folks like to call it the "Winter Solstice", but in the southern Hemisphere, it happens to be the beginning of Summer !
The Anasazi indains from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
The Winter Solstice is the time when winter begins, or the time when the day is shortest and the night is longest.
The Winter Solstice is the time when winter begins, or the time when the day is shortest and the night is longest.
On Wednesday, December 21, 2011, winter solstice will occur at about 9:28 p.m. PST.
December 21 and 22 are the days the winter solstice takes place. The duration of this day allows the winter solstice to shine directly over the Capricorn not the cancer.
Earth is getting colder at that time. It does not immediately start getting warmer once the winter solstice is passed. It can be up to a month later, before it begins, so the month after a winter solstice is cold. For the summer, it is the same, in that the Earth keeps getting warmer for a time after the summer solstice, so the warmest temperatures are after the summer solstice, before the cooling process starts.
Winter solstice is the time when winter begins, on the shortest day of the year. The date varies a little, and in the northern hemisphere, it is usually on the 21st or 22nd of December.
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5:30 am
On the 22nd of December.
7:38PM Central time