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Why does the sun never shine in Europe in the winter?

  • I think it's really depressing. What's the geological reason behind this. I'm from Kansas City, MO and it gets cold there too but at least the sun shines.

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    It doesn't rise over the horizon, up north, in my country Norway, for about two months. You have to go north of the polar circle, which is at latitude 66.5 north, to see that. Yes, it is very depressing; here we say that you have to be born up north to support it. But then, in the summer, they have also about two months of "midnight sun." The geographical reason is simply the 22.5 degrees of the earth's declination in relation to its orbit around the sun. Mind you, it is not only Norway but also the northern part of Sweden, Finland, Russia, Alaska, Canada and Greenland. Anywhere north of the latitude 66.5 north.

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The sun is always there, sometimes it's not that strong as it's further away (winter) or hidden by clouds.

j0ang

I live in England and we always get the sun in winter - and I'd imagine anywhere south of us would too. So I guess it's only the extreme north without sun in winter

Dan

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