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Earth is at perihelion (closest approach to the sun) in early January. This is pretty close to the dead of winter in the northern hemisphere, not the spring or fall.

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July, because July has a certain humidity mixed with rain so this causes the Northern hemisphere to lean toward the sun the most out of the year.

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it's summer when the northern hemisphere is pointed toward the sun.and it's winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

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I think it might be winter, you guys.

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Earth is closest to the sun during which season in the northern hemisphere?

Winter. The Earth reaches its perihelion (the point in its orbit when it is closest to the sun) during the month of January (around January 3rd currently), which falls during the season of winter in the northern hemisphere.


What season is it when the earths northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun?

If the northern axis or North Pole is tilted directly towards the sun, it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern hemisphere. If your talking about the angle of the planet when the Northern Hemisphere is receiving direct rays, its summer. If you are asking what the Northern Hemisphere season it is when planet Earth is closest to the Sun, it's winter.


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it is summer in the northern hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere.


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