What is the hottest time of day?

Question

What is the hottest time of day?

Answer 1

bedtime!  ;)

Answer 2

its about 12 pm to 1pm when the sun is at its peak

Answer 3

n short, noon is when you have the most direct sunlight(*), and that's what's responsible for heating up the atmosphere. But, just as water doesn't start boiling the second you put it over a flame, it takes time for the atmosphere to heat up. So the hottest time of day is some time in the afternoon, but exactly when in the afternoon depends on where you are and what time of year it is.

Answer 4

Typically around 1 or 2 PM because the ground has absorbed the most heat from the sun.  

Answer 5

I remember at school that they said most people think that it's noon but in fact it is 1 p.m.

Answer 6

In short, noon is when you have the most direct sunlight(*), and that's what's responsible for heating up the atmosphere. But, just as water doesn't start boiling the second you put it over a flame, it takes time for the atmosphere to heat up. So the hottest time of day is some time in the afternoon, but exactly when in the afternoon depends on where you are and what time of year it is. There's some more explanation on this page at the National Geophysical Data Center website: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/ctl/clisc... .

(*) By "direct sunlight", I mean sunlight that gets blocked by the least amount of atmosphere. See here for details:

---> http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/questio...

Answer 7

Noon.  When the sun rays is strongest.

Answer 8

I have heard that it is between 11am and 2pm but I think between 2pm and 4pm. I live in Southern Louisiana, try going for a run between 1-4, you almost pass the F out.

Answer 9

4 or 5 pm. the sun has shone all day and the earth has absorbed about all the heat it can hold and we are getting sunshine as well as the heat being radiated from the earth or nearby bodies of water.

Answer 10

i believe the hottest time of the day specially here in southern california is between 1pm and 4 pm that is when the sun is higher up in the ski.