hemisphere

"Rubio has a real sense of a need to engage economically with the Western Hemisphere in a way that we just haven't done for a number of years," he says.

That’s because the other thing climate change is doing is unsettling the jet stream: the river of air that undulates across the Northern Hemisphere and brings rain and storms from west to east in predictable waves throughout the year.

Winter is therefore defined in the northern hemisphere as the three coldest months - December, January and February.

This year, astronomical winter in the northern hemisphere begins on 21 December and ends on 20 March 2025.

How much daylight are we likely to see at solstice in the northern hemisphere?