How many hours of daylight are there during the longest and shortest
days, in June and December, in:

1.  Wick, Scotland, and
2.  Taunton, England ?

Hello Michael3,


Wick Scotland

The shortest day in December has 6 hours 20 minutes of daylight.

December 21 
Sunrise  9:00 AM 
Sunset   3:20 PM 
http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/calendar/month/6990.html

The longest day in June has 18 hours 19 minutes of daylight

June 21 
Sunrise   4:04 AM
Sunset   10:23 PM  
http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/calendar/month/6990.html?y=2004&m=6&d=21

Source: XTide Tide Prediction Server 
http://www.mobilegeographics.com:81/


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Taunton, England

The longest day in June has 16 hours 33 minutes of daylight

June 21 
Sunrise: 4:58 am 
Sunset:   9:31 pm
Sunrise and Sunset Times for Taunton in  June
http://www.onlineweather.com/v4/uk/sun/Taunton.html#June


The shortest day in December has 7 hours 54 minutes of daylight.

December 21 
Sunrise: 8:14 am 
Sunset:  4:08 pm 
Sunrise and Sunset Times for Taunton in December
http://www.onlineweather.com/v4/uk/sun/Taunton.html#December


Source: Sunrise and Sunset Times for Taunton.
http://www.onlineweather.com/v4/uk/sun/Taunton.html

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Taunton, England sunrise sunset
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Wick, Scotland sunrise sunset
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I hope this is helpful. 


Best regards,
Bobbie7

Perfect answer, and very fast too!

Why would the difference in the longest day be one hour and 46 minutes
when Wick, Scotland is only about 300 miles farther North than
Taunton, England? The Wick daylight includes some twilight perhaps? 
Neil

It's 670 miles by road between Taunton and Wick, but remember that
Wick especially is at quite a northern latitude - 58 deg N, which is
the same lat as Churchill in Canada, and to the north of Toronto (43
N) and Vancouver (49 N). Because of the angle of the earth to the sun,
there is a bigger difference than there is nearer the equator (eg most
of the USA). In the north of Scotland, like in Scandinavia "land of
the midnight sun" the sun does not set until nearly midnight.

Owain

That's nearly midnight in Summer. Definately not Winter.

Owain

Hey neilzero, Wick is over 500 miles by latitude North of Taunton
(Zoomerzet), is it not? 670 by road as owain says, though it feels
like a hell of a lot longer! Plus there is the curve of the Earth
which enhances the effect. In fact, so great is the curve at the top
of Bonnie Scotland that you can?t stand straight up -- or is that the
wind?

Best

The falling-forward effect of the whisky is cancelled out by the
blown-over-backward effect of the wind.