Let's Talk of the Weather
When we talk of the weather we sometimes talk nonsense, don’t we? It’s not always easy to distinguish between superstition and scientific fact. For instance, nine out of ten of your friends will assert that the coldest winter weather will come when the days are shortest. It’s not true. For at least a month after that date the earth will continue to give out more heat than it takes from the sun, thus warming the atmosphere. The coldest weather will come later when the earth is no longer able to do this and awaits the renewal of the warming process. Would you say that frost is frozen dew? Well, you'd be right in a way. It is when dew falls upon objects cold enough to freeze it that you see the frost.
E.L.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 12, 15 September 1939, Page 10
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139Let's Talk of the Weather New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 12, 15 September 1939, Page 10
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