OCT/NOV sun angle = Jan/Feb angle--why the difference??

[Anonymous]

I have a question---Why is it that the sun's angle is the same as it would be in Jan/Feb but we see temps in the mid 80s now but come Jan/Feb, we may be in the 60s at best? Why does it get colder nationwide in Jan/Feb than Oct/Nov when the sun angle is the same??? Even Hurricane season happens more after summer solstice than before lasting June-November and peaking near Fall instead of Summer. Any ideas?? I would say all of this has to do with the warm SSTS that have built up over the summer but not sure.... Thanks ahead of time.

[ColdFront77]

Yes, the water temperatures take a bit of time to respond, which causes the peak of
Hurricane Season to occur in early September; opposed to some time in July or August.

[Stormsfury]

(For Northern Hemisphere only)/...

It's called a seasonal lag ... b/c in Oct/Nov ... the Earth has absorbed a lot of sunlight during the summer months, and it takes time for that heat to disperse, whereas in Jan/Feb ... the sunlight is at its minimum, and the Earth continues to cool down despite a slow increase in the time of sunlight reaching the Earth's SFC ... SST's are even more behind in catching up to the season, which is why that August/September is primetime for the North Atlantic Tropical Season, b/c, not only are conditions are generally favorable, but the widespread spance of SST's across the basin greater than 26.5ºC ..

SF