The Big Dark in Seattle ends today (for this year)
Though we are still in the midst of winter meteorologically (hope everyone enjoyed the snow this morning!), in terms of daylight hours, today arguably marks the end to Big Dark for the season.
Today, February 6th, is:
- The longest day since before Daylight Savings Time ended on November 3rd.
- Today is the first day in which we gain 3+ minutes of daylight each day (a streak that will last until May 2nd).
- The first day with a sunset more than an hour later than our earliest of the year (5:19PM today; earliest of the year is 4:17PM).
Some additional context:
- We're only one month (31 days) from having sunsets after 7PM! (March 9th)
- We've now gained 1h25min of daylight compared to the Winter Solstice on December 21st (~9h50min, vs ~8h25min).
- By the end of February, we will gain an additional 1h12min (and 2 full hours by March 14th!).
- Our current day length (~9h50min) is on par with Winter Solstice in parts of Southern California & the Deep South states.
- In less than 2 weeks (Feb 19th), our day length will be on par with Winter Solstice in Miami.
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