13 hours of sunlight

The days are getting longer over here. The sun rises around 5:45am and sets around 6:45pm. That's 13 hours of hot sun (which is no longer 'sunny' to our standard). A walk across the street from the office to the next building will surely leave you with stinging burning sensations on your exposed neck. The the hassle of getting back to your side of the street on this sprawling 4 lane inner city throughfare. There are not that many 'shady' trees around to lessen the latent heat reflecting up from the fine sandy ground.