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Excerpt from Mean Temperatures and Their Corrections in the United States
C. The time of the occurrence of the minimum temperature, making allowance for the season and the time of sunrise, is also determined by the nature of the locality. Over a purely marine locality the minimum occurs always a certain time (from 1 to 2 hours) before sunrise, and over dry and arid regions, in the interior of continents, and especially in deserts, almost exactly at the time of sunrise or a little (15 minutes) later. In the winter months, however, the time of the occurrence of the mini mum is always much earlier than sunrise, and so it is only in localities with continental climates that the minimum occurs m winter about the time of sunrise, as follows.
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