How long is your day?

gavin-h · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 07:55:21 am

I posted a comment about how short our days are at the moment on one of the weather threads, and it made me wonder how it compares in other parts of the world - or indeed in other parts of the UK...

Lytham St Annes: Sunrise 8:26am and sunset 3:52pm

iomoon · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 07:59:21 am

Alpine rise 7:45 AM CST set 5:56 PM CST

Scarsdale rise 7:14 AM EST set 4:28 PM EST

Yobo · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 08:03:06 am

FinnÃ¸y, Norway:

Sunrise: 09.28
Sunset: 15.37

Flying Tiger · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:48:08 am

My day lasts around 24 hours

jugoslavija_post · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:41:10 am

Lombard, IL:

Sunrise - 7:05AM-ish

Sunset - 4:30PM, maybe.

Kev · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:43:51 am

Where I am, in a year, all but two are 24 hours!

One is 23 Hours and the other is 25 hours.

Cheers, Kev.

Lakatoi 4 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 13:30:24 pm

In Sydney, Australia the sunrise is at 5:40am and sunset is at 8:04pm today (so 14 hours and 24 minutes of daylight

Kev · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 16:58:40 pm

Interesting point Lakatoi 4!

I was reading "day" as in Friday which today is 24 hours but you are talking "daylight" hours.

Maybe you are closer to the thread topic?

Cheers, Kev.

lakatoi lover · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 17:39:06 pm

Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

Sunrise 05:40 CDT
Sunset 20:26 CDT

Total Daylight hours = 14:46

Cheers

Bill

MmmmBalf · **Posted:** Fri Dec 18, 2009 21:33:00 pm

Melbourne, Victoria:

Sunrise 05:54 EDST
Sunset 20:40 EDST

Total = 14:46 hours of daylight. Only 1 min off our longest.

Twilight lasts a fair while after sunset.

Balf

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 04:32:29 am

Today (Sat 19 December) Sunrise 8:26am Sunset 3:51pm

Creeping towards that "Shortest Day"...

...then before we know it we'll be heading for those loooooong summer evenings where it's still light way after 10pm

crazygerman · **Posted:** Sun Dec 20, 2009 23:27:15 pm

8:15 to 16:30 MEZ, so more than eight hours daylight on one of the shortest days of the year.

Regards, Lars

gavin-h · **Posted:** Mon Dec 28, 2009 07:49:21 am

Today (Sunday 27 December):

Sunrise 8:29 am
Sunset 3:56 pm

We're past the shortest day, but days are still more than short enough. Within the next few days, Sunset will be after 4:00pm and Sunrise will start moving back towards 8:00am.

mrboggler · **Posted:** Mon Dec 28, 2009 09:22:39 am

I remember in Scotland going to school in the Dark,and coming home in the dark,
in the snow,uphill both ways,in ma bare feet. :lol:

But the first bit IS TRUE,I just cannot remember the times,but the years were 1948 - 1958.

Catweazle · **Posted:** Mon Dec 28, 2009 13:45:05 pm

gavin-h wrote:

I posted a comment about how short our days are at the moment on one of the weather threads, and it made me wonder how it compares in other parts of the world - or indeed in other parts of the UK...

Lytham St Annes: Sunrise 8:26am and sunset 3:52pm

Wow - sunset at 3:52pm. And I thought my days go too fast!

kerailija · **Posted:** Mon Dec 28, 2009 22:59:27 pm

Central Finland is quite dark right now as we have sunrise at 9:49am and sunset: 2:46pm.
Plenty of "beautiful dark days" to play with UV lamp. :lol:

gavin-h · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 07:19:11 am

Today Sunrise was at 8:29am and Sunset at 3:57pm, giving us a whole extra minute of daylight compared to yesterday :shock:

wastrel · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 15:48:48 pm

Today (Dec. 28) in Austin, Texas, USA:

Sunrise: 7:27 AM
Sunset: 5:38 PM

crazygerman · **Posted:** Wed Dec 30, 2009 06:03:54 am

Though the days are getting longer again, they are still definitely too short!!!

Catweazle · **Posted:** Wed Dec 30, 2009 14:58:41 pm

crazygerman wrote:

Though the days are getting longer again, they are still definitely too short!!!

What do you mean too short? Yes my Christmas hols are going too fast, but sunrise is about 6am and sunset is 8:45pm! :lol:

Compare that to 2pm, Finland! :lol:

crazygerman · **Posted:** Wed Dec 30, 2009 19:05:45 pm

Well, I know, 20 years ago I've been on the Lofote-Islands, Norway, north of the polar circle at New Years. There have been 20 hours darkness and no sun at all.

But I compared the short daylight periods in winter with the longer periods in summer, which I do like much more.
Low temperatures are no problem, but I need daylight before and after work.

Regards,

gavin-h · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 02:52:36 am

Today Sunrise was at 8:30am and Sunset is in about 10 minutes at 4:00pm...

...then the parties will begin :lol:

crosscrescent · **Posted:** Fri Jan 01, 2010 03:10:22 am

We get sunrise (I don't get up early) definitely before 7.00 a.m.- first light is probably at 6.30 a.m. and sunset is around 7.00 p.m. Guess we get longer days around the equator (about 4 degrees above the Equator).

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Jan 02, 2010 05:06:29 am

Andrew, I think the length of your days will vary much less near the Equator between the shortest and the longest. Our shortest passed last month and we had WAY under 8 hours of daylight, but at the longest in June, we'll get over 18 hours (and the folks in Finland have an even more extreme difference). :idea:

For the record, today's sunrise was at 8:29am and sunset at 4:01pm (an extra 2 minutes over yesterday) :shock:

gavin-h · Today: sunrise 8:29am sunset 4:02pm

Today: sunrise 8:29am sunset 4:02pm

gavin-h · **Posted:** Wed Jan 06, 2010 06:12:17 am

Today: Sunrise 8:28am Sunset 4:06 pm

Five minutes extra daylight in the last three days

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 06:50:11 am

Today: Sunrise 8:27 am Sunset 4:10 pm

Ten more minutes of daylight than last week

crazygerman · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 03:34:04 am

Hard to tell how long the day is. Sky is overcast, no real daylight. Snowfall last night and this morning. Dull, dark.

Regards, Lars

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sun Jan 10, 2010 07:09:01 am

Yesterday: Sunrise 8:27 am Sunset 4:10 pm

Today: Sunrise 8:26 am Sunset 4:12 pm

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sun Jan 17, 2010 02:56:55 am

Sunrise 8:21am Sunset 4:23 pm

That's an extra 16 minutes of daylight in just one week

MargoZ · **Posted:** Sun Jan 17, 2010 02:58:18 am

My days are about to get much longer....back to work tomorrow after a lovely month off :roll:

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Jan 23, 2010 06:11:13 am

gavin-h wrote:

Sunrise 8:21am Sunset 4:23 pm

That's an extra 16 minutes of daylight in just one week

Sunrise 8:14 am Sunset 4:34 pm

...and another 17 minutes in six days :shock:

gavin-h · **Posted:** Wed Jan 27, 2010 02:07:28 am

Today: Sunrise 8:08 am Sunset 4:41 pm

13 more minutes in the last four days...

...and well over an hour more daylight than we had in late December (27 December: Sunrise 8:29 am Sunset 3:56 pm)

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Jan 30, 2010 07:47:29 am

Today: Sunrise 8:04 am Sunset 4:47 pm

3 more days, 10 more minutes...

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 06:51:36 am

Today: Sunrise 7:52 am Sunset 5:01 pm

26 minutes more daylight than a week ago :shock:

iomoon · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 07:33:49 am

Today

Sunrise 7:42am
Sunset 6:34pm

That's an hour and a half longer Gavin.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sat Feb 06, 2010 07:52:00 am

iomoon wrote:

That's an hour and a half longer Gavin.

Yes, but we're catching you up fast :lol:

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 08:08:29 am

Today: Sunrise 7:36 am Sunset 5:17 pm

Averaging about an extra 4 minutes daylight per day at this time of year - two in the morning and two in the evening.

iomoon · **Posted:** Sun Feb 14, 2010 08:14:24 am

Hey, we have the same sunrise.

Sunrise 7:36 am
Sunset 6:41 pm

gavin-h · **Posted:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 06:16:30 am

iomoon wrote:

Hey, we have the same sunrise.

Sunrise 7:36 am
Sunset 6:41 pm

Wow

Next week, my sunrise will be earlier than yours, but my sunset still has a few weeks to go to catch you up...

gavin-h · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 06:28:44 am

gavin-h wrote:

[Sat Feb 13] Today: Sunrise 7:36 am Sunset 5:17 pm

Averaging about an extra 4 minutes daylight per day at this time of year - two in the morning and two in the evening.

Today, Monday 1st March : Sunrise 7:01 am Sunset 5:48 pm

1 hour 6 minutes more daylight in just over two weeks.

The Equinox is just around the corner

iomoon · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 07:52:18 am

Yep, you've overtaken us with sunrise which is now at 7:20 here, but we are right at the western end of the time zone.

Sunset is now 6:53, so you've got a ways to go yet.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 07:58:00 am

So, our days should be the same length at the Equinox (as should they anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere).

And after that, the further North, the quicker the days will get longer (if you see what I mean...).

Our days here are lengthening by 3-4 minutes per day at the moment, but that rate of increase will slow as we get closer to the Longest Day.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 08:01:22 am

gavin-h wrote:

Monday 1st March : Sunrise 7:01 am Sunset 5:48 pm

Saturday 6 March: Sunrise 6:49 am Sunset 5:58 pm

That's 22 more minutes daylight in just the last 5 days.

We now have > 11 hours of daylight, compared to <7½ hours at the shortest in late December.

And the rate of increase is now ~ 4 minutes per day, compared to ~1 minute per day at the solstice.

jugoslavija_post · **Posted:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 08:48:18 am

The sun seems to rise here at about 6:00AM, sets at 7PM.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 02:19:35 am

jugoslavija_post wrote:

The sun seems to rise here at about 6:00AM, sets at 7PM.

Chicago, Il. Sun March 7:

Sunrise 06:16
Sunset 17:48
Hours of Daylight 11h 32m 05s

That gives you a pretty long twilight period, Erik.

Don't forget, in the Northern Hemisphere, there CANNOT be more than 12 hours between sunrise and sunset until after the Equinox later this month :idea:

("Equinox" = "Equal Night")

MrSamoa · **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2010 00:35:49 am

New York City

Days are getting longer:

Sunrise:6:12 AM
Sunset:5:59 PM

Spring comes in just 10 days.

fromdownunder · **Posted:** Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:04:36 pm

However long your day is, it just got shorter, due to the recent earthquake activity:

Quote:

The U.S. space agency's Richard Gross used a complex mathematical model to simulate the earthquake's effect. He estimates that our days are now 0.00000126 seconds shorter than they were last week. That's 1.26 microseconds, or millionths of a second, and Gross says the change will be permanent.

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/sc ... 77502.html

Norm

iomoon · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 03:39:40 am

We just advanced our clocks, so now sunrise is at 8:05 am, sunset at 8:02 pm.

gavin-h · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 04:52:08 am

Today, Sunday 14 March:

Sunrise 6:30 am Sunset 6:13 pm

Carrying on at a rate of about half-an-hour per week extra daylight at this time of the year.

iomoon wrote:

We just advanced our clocks, so now sunrise is at 8:05 am, sunset at 8:02 pm.

Ours go forward in a couple more weeks - then we get a couple of weeks of driving straight into the sun going to work in the mornings. But the pay-off is we get "proper" evenings


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