Originally Posted by
Champlaincycler
You guys are a lot smarter then me. Cold air being denser explains a lot. Now, we've been having an extended season here in northern NY, temps in the 40's by 10 am, rising to low 50's by noon all week. I've been telling my wife that 45-50 degrees feels so much colder in late fall then it does in late April/early May. Don't know why it is but I'm wearing lots more clothing now then I would be in the spring. Sun is lower, leaves and greenery gone is all I can come up with. Is this real, or imaginary?
The sun is warmer in early May than it is in November because May is just past the vernal equinox, whereas November is halfway to the winter solstice, on the far side of the autumnal equinox. (The sun is higher and has more warming power in May than it is in November.)