Why does the area surrounding the Verkhoyansk in Siberia experience extremely cold temperatures in the winter and extremely hot temperatures in the summer?

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2026-06-08 23:50

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In the winter, the hemisphere you are in is tilted away from the sun. As a result, sunlight strikes the Earth's surface at a shallow angle. As a result, the rays are more spread out on the ground, and less energy is delivered to a given area and there is less solar heating.

In the summer, your hemisphere is tilted toward the sun, with the opposite effect

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