Loving the longer days. Cool mornings here but generally nice during the day. It's been a rainy winter with lots of "cart path only" days. Here's a beautiful sunrise out back a couple of days ago.



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Almost 3 minutes more daylight each day here.
Nice to see...

I've always found the solstice to be ironic. First day of winter the days start getting longer, first day of summer they start getting shorter. Living on the floor of a valley as I do our temps tend to be colder than outside of the valley. Supposed to bounce around 0 F this weekend, but only over night.

Are you referring to the fact that it seems more intuitive to think that the peak of summer/winter should be the solstice? Sort of like noon should be the peak of the day?

Yeah, but that's not how it works, of course. The hottest part of the day isn't noon. The heat added each day continues to get added after noon (same goes for summer after the solstice) so the hottest part of the day is usually more like 3-5pm. Summer/day and winter/night are similar for hot/cold.

Longer days, always been my favorite. In FL or here, the difference isn't huge. When I lived in Virginia or Northern Japan, the summer solstice / winter solstice day lengths were much more extreme. As a kid living up north was fantastic in the summer.

Hilarious

We went to Jamaica recently (the same time zone we are in at home) and was really surprised that the sun was fully up at 6:30 am while it's more like 8:00 at home, and the sun sets about 6:00 while at home was around 5:15.

I do realize that we are much closer to the equator, so the sun is visible for a much longer time each day, we just had never experienced it like that.

It also didn't hurt that the sun shone brightly for 90% of each day, while NW Ohio in Dec/Jan is a dismal place with virtually no sun.

Daylight varies by 7 hours and 34 minutes up here near Seattle between Summer and Winter Solstice...
We have had a very VERY mild winter so far, it was in the 50's and sunny within the last week- I took the 911 out for a couple of drives.

I do love the super long sunny days of summer, sunlight until after 9 pm is delightful and it starts getting light by 5 am!

In winter we pay the piper- gets dark at 4:30 pm and sunrise isn't until 8 am.

I went to California once in late October expecting to explore the place in the evening cause it’s always summer there, right?

Phhht. It got dark right after dinner. It is not supposed to get dark right after dinner in the summer!

Wrong.

SOL INVICTUS the only true fact based religion
total based on the day light cycle and long days after the 12-25 holiday

btw christians stole our holiday we want it back
and your JC was born in the spring [lambing season ]

Hard to tell if the days are getting longer with all the snow, rain, and fog.

I've notice it in the morning if on the computer. Clock is right there and I can check when I see light through the window.

Snow started and hour ago in Akron. We are supposed to get hammered today.

Today was only the second time this season needing to use the snowthrower here.
Now with the extra daylight, it seems like spring is here soon.

Spring ahead this coming Sunday, March 10 at 2AM.

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When we were in Alaska in July we spent one night on the Kenai Peninsula. I had consumed a few frosty wheat sodas later than normal and had to get up to pee at about 2:00 AM. It was still just twilight. I went outside and took a photo with ASA 100 color film and no flash. It was weird to have so much sunlight.

I'm looking forward to changing the clocks. I wish we would adopt DST year round.

When I worked, I liked my extra hour in the evening. As an early bird (now)....I HATE waiting an hour longer for daylight...this time of year...

GOML :)

I worked a stint in Yellowknife, there is something very wrong when you work your full day, go for a few pints with the boys, stumble outside several hours later and it is still broad daylight....

Right now all that means for me is that I can see it snowing later in the evening!

Around here the saying is:

As the days grow longer; the cold grows stronger.