Here’s When We Will Start Getting More Daylight In North Carolina
Tired of driving home from work in the dark? Or maybe you are just sure it is time to go to bed but it’s only 7 pm. It feels like the days are so short. Here’s when we will start getting more daylight back in North Carolina.
Here in North Carolina, sure we gained an hour of sleep when the clocks changed in November. But that extra hour has cost us dearly because now the sun sets at 5:12 pm. In Raleigh the sun goes down even earlier according to our source the Charlotte Observer. Ready for the good news? All that is about to change. The days will start to get longer by the end of December. By later on this winter both Charlotte and Raleigh will have a full 11 hours of daytime.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac says North Carolina will see longer days after the winter solstice. The first day of winter is December 21 at exactly 10:27 pm. The days will be extended December 23. The Charlotte Observer reports:“This gain will be minuscule at first, just a matter of seconds a day, but will steadily grow until daily daylight expands by three daily minutes per day in March,” the almanac says. “The exact amount of brightness gain depends on your location.”
We have a long night ahead. According to the article in the Charlotte Observer, the longest night of the year is on the winter solstice December 21. Get ready for a super short day that day. It will be daylight for less than ten hours. Let’s say you would like to know how much daylight there is on a particular day. The Old Farmer’s Almanac is where you want to look for that. They have a sunrise/sunset calendar that will let you know about the hours in a day in every part of the country. That’s why actual farmers have depended on the publication for generations.
For more information on when we will start getting more daylight in North Carolina, get details from the Charlotte Observer right here.
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