So first grasp with your big boy brain that 3 million miles is marginal astronomically. Also the universe isn't an easy bake oven, so the sun doesn't heat via convection.
Shockingly enough the universe is actually a vacuum and so radiant heat works best. Its almost like the sun knew this and decided to work this way. When it comes to radiant heat intensity is the defining factor.
So in January in the northern hemisphere while the tropics are getting most of the sun's rays? Everywhere else is getting around half to a third of that energy.
This is the same reason bonfires feel hotter on your face than they do on your back. Fire doesn't warm the air it radiates energy that causes your skin to heat up. Your back is a larger surface spreading the heat diluting it's intensity. Your face is much smaller, reverse the concept.
So simple concept, let's apply it. Its January you live in let's say Idaho, the sunlight is hitting more space with the same amount of energy. So its less intense. Combine that diminished intensity with less hours in the day to heat things and you have cold winters.
But please explain the tropic of Capricorn to me with your flat earth solar model you silly fucking goose.
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