[majewsky]

Not terribly relevant to your point, but: Noon is actually a time in the day where it is still getting warmer. Temperature usually peaks around 16:00 or 17:00 in the summer.

Example: http://wetterstationen.meteomedia.de/?station=104870&wahl=vo... (the forecast diagram for my local weather station)

[onetimemanytime]

any idea why? The ground starts releasing accumulated energy or what?

[gavia1]

It probably reaches saturation at that time of day where it can no longer absorb anymore heat.

[lostmsu]

Because the sun is still heating faster, than heat dissipates at 17:00.