# Happy Aphelion Day

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-aphelion-day/817358>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-aphelion-day/817358 "2018-07-06T03:35:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-aphelion-day/817358/1 "2018-07-06T03:35:43Z")

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Celebrating a not-so-common holiday. Aphelion is actually tomorrow, the 6th, but it’s the 6th somewhere. Now stay warm everyone, what with the Earth so far away from the sun, it must be really cold out there.

Next up, St. Swithun’s Day…

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-aphelion-day/817358/2 "2018-07-06T03:37:47Z")

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> [@dtilque](#):
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> Now stay warm everyone, what with the Earth so far away from the sun, it must be really cold out there.

You are a cruel person…

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**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-aphelion-day/817358/3 "2018-07-06T04:14:28Z")

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Hot as Satan’s taint around here. Gonna get hotter, too. :mad:

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**Author:** ![Sveltington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@Sveltington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sveltington)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-aphelion-day/817358/4 "2018-07-06T14:15:57Z")

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86F here:p

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-aphelion-day/817358/5 "2018-07-06T16:01:09Z")

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Odd weather today. After having highs around 35 (= 95 deg F) for a week, it started falling below 30 by 10 PM last night, then to 25 by morning and is now 23 and still going down. Predicted to hit 20 by late afternoon and then to 13 during the night before rising to 24 tomorrow. Must be the distance from the sun.