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This question itself does not take into scope the real issue at hand. It is NOT cold during the perihelion, for example, in the Southern Hemisphere, because there are other more dominant factors at work. What is the reason that we get the seasons as we do (I'll use my hometown) in Montreal? One thing that we notice right now, in the month of October, is that the days have become much shorter i.e. we are getting less sunlight per day. And since we are getting less sunlight here, those around us are also getting less sunlight, within a reasonable vicinity. It can therefore be inferred that it is the exposure-time that is more important in determining the temperature at a given time. It should be noted that, while being a million kms closer or further to the sun DOES make it slightly warmer or colder (respectively) , the amount of heat difference this contributes is very small in comparison to the above mentioned exposure time.

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