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From the grandparent's post:

> "The hottest part of the day usually starts at about the end of the prime solar hours."

For those interested in more info on this, it's called Temperature Lag. There's also the related phenomenon of Seasonal Lag, which is where the hottest part of the year comes somewhat after the period of maximum solar radiation, not during it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diurnal_temperature_variation#...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal_lag

There's still significant overlap, it should be used.

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