How much less solar energy is received at 60 degrees latitude than that received at the Equator?
How much less solar energy is received at 60 degrees latitude than that received at the Equator?
How much less solar energy is received at 60 degrees latitude than that received at the Equator?
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Answer by Morningfox
At 60 degrees latitude (north or south), and averaged over a year, the solar energy level is about 50% to 55% of the level at the equator. That’s not counting the effects of clouds.
A lot of the thermal energy at high latitudes comes in on wind and water movement; I guess you could say that is also a very indirect solar energy.
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