creekland Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Now that we've passed the solstice, I like seeing how much more daylight we get each day. For us, it's 1 minute 15 seconds more tomorrow than today. Granted, it's not much, but when I think about a week, etc, it adds up. Psychologically it helps since I'm not a long night lover. If you're curious, here's a link: http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=13669 I put the city in where I grew up. They get 1 minute 29 seconds more tomorrow. Put your zip code in and scroll down looking for astronomy on the right. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorrainejmc Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 (edited) We always make a note of the time the street lights come on in our street. We've made it to 4.45pm. There will be a party when we get to 5.00pm. :lol: Edited January 10, 2012 by lorrainejmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I feel the darkness a lot more living here, even though I'm at a similar latitute as I've often lived in the US. But Kyrgyzstan is always on daylight savings time so it takes a long time for the sun to come up in the morning. It's still very dark outside when I get up at 7:30. I'd rather have the sun coming up then. mWe'll get another minute and 22 seconds tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 We always make a note of the time the street lights come on in our street. We've made it to 4.45pm. There will be a party when we get to 5.00pm. :lol: We're in the country (rural) - definitely no street lights to measure from here. Sometimes we measure from when the chickens return to their roost, but that's not super accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 We'll get an extra minute and 22 seconds. Winter kills me here, but summer is awesome- my southern relatives come visit and they cringe because it gets light so early. I looove that!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Two minutes 23 seconds per day. Being quite far north we go from around seven and half hours of daylight to around 17 and a half hours over the course of the year, so the gain each day is quite great. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 1 minute, 17 seconds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Without checking the link I would definitely say, "Not nearly enough yet!". :) It's been cloudy the last couple of days so it's worse. Listening to everyone measure by a minute+ I can believe it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Two minutes 23 seconds per day. Being quite far north we go from around seven and half hours of daylight to around 17 and a half hours over the course of the year, so the gain each day is quite great. Laura Now that's a gain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Now that's a gain! Here. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Gosh, Laura, now I'm REALLY envious! The last week of January you gain nearly half an hour of daylight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Whoo hooo! Tomorrow will be 1 hour 40 minutes longer. Our day will be a whopping 8 hours and 46 minutes long tomorrow. :party: I can't tell you how happy I am to be on this side of solace. When I realized that it was starting to get light by 8am was did the happy dance. The winter is so very difficult to deal with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 1 minute 19 seconds, length of actual visible light is 10 hrs 25 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 We'll get an extra minute and 22 seconds. Winter kills me here, but summer is awesome- my southern relatives come visit and they cringe because it gets light so early. I looove that!!! :iagree: with you. Our earliest sunrise is 5:16am with a sunset of 9:11pm. Of course, it starts getting light earlier than that and there is light out until almost 10pm, but I L.O.V.E it! So much energy. So much happiness. One could just burst with joy. I've always thought I'd like the summers further north. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebecca VA Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 This isn't very scientific, but it has seemed to me this winter that the days are longer than they have been in previous winters. It doesn't seem to really get dark until close to 6:00 lately. I can remember winters when it started to get dark as early as 4:15. Maybe it's because we're having a warmer-than-usual winter? (I told you this isn't very scientific.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Now ours has been warmer than usual, but we are still setting at about 4:40pm or so and not raising till after 7:30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 We get 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of dark give or take 10 minutes all year round. The only difference is it shifts from 7 to 7:30 and back again all year. No daylight savings time either. That is life on the equator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Today we gain 1min 48seconds. By Saturday we are gaining over 2minutes a day. Can't wait until it is more noticeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorrainejmc Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm almost as far north as Laura in Scotland. We are gaining 2mins 13 secs today.:party: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 I'm almost as far north as Laura in Scotland. We are gaining 2mins 13 secs today.:party: Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorrainejmc Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Laura Oh yes!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 1m34s.....not nearly enough! Come on sunshine!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 Mine says tomorrow will be one minute, nine seconds longer than today. But it also says that sunset today is 5:37. It's 5:46 right now by my clock on the computer and it is still daylight outside. I can definitely tell that the days are getting longer. At its shortest, our day ends right around 5:00 - right as rush hour begins. I always hate getting stuck driving around in traffic in the dark.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted January 11, 2012 Author Share Posted January 11, 2012 Mine says tomorrow will be one minute, nine seconds longer than today. But it also says that sunset today is 5:37. It's 5:46 right now by my clock on the computer and it is still daylight outside. I can definitely tell that the days are getting longer. At its shortest, our day ends right around 5:00 - right as rush hour begins. I always hate getting stuck driving around in traffic in the dark.... Sunset and daylight are two different things. Check the astronomical twilight to see when the last twinge of light is gone. Our sunset is 5:02, nautical twilight is 6:06, astronomical twilight is 6:38pm. That's over an hour to an hour and a half difference. Total visible light is 10 hours and 33 minutes... My preference is around 14 hours, maybe more. ;) We get 1 minute 17 seconds more tomorrow! ('Cept probably not - due to rain forecast... :glare:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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