Shortest day of the year

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I love this day because tomorrow and every day thereafter will get longer and longer. Such a great day!

[Seahawk]

It is my Daughter's Birthday, The Winter Solstice. This year:

[Shaun @ Tru6]

More reason to celebrate!

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

More reason to celebrate!

...and she is home!

[billybek]

7:58:30 from sunup to sundown here today. Short days indeed.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

On this, the shortest day of the year, I like to crawl up with a warm cup of milk and a good youtube video of raw DOT video of winterstorm highway pileups.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I love this day because tomorrow and every day thereafter will get longer and longer. Such a great day!

Absolutely, shared sentiment on my part. I much prefer the longer days. I'd love to get rid of the non-daylight savings time between Nov and Mar and make DLS permanent too. Give me the light in the evenings year 'round!

[p911dad]

On St Simons Island, where I am presently, sunup today was 7:20 AM and sundown will be at 5:27 PM, or 10 hours and 7 minutes of daylight this far south from Calgary. Hmm.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by billybek

7:58:30 from sunup to sundown here today. Short days indeed.

I don't remember the super short days from when I lived in northern Japan (not as far north as you 40ºN vs your 51ºN), but I do remember the crazy long days in the summer. I seem to remember the sun coming up at 430 and it being light at or near 9pm.

Originally Posted by LEAKYSEALS951

On this, the shortest day of the year, I like to crawl up with a warm cup of milk and a good youtube video of raw DOT video of winterstorm highway pileups.

Yep, lots of insanity out there when things turn snowy and icy.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

i do love the prospect of longer days. Paradoxically, I get a little bummed on summer solstice because it's all downhill from there.

[billybek]

Originally Posted by masraum

Absolutely, shared sentiment on my part. I much prefer the longer days. I'd love to get rid of the non-daylight savings time between Nov and Mar and make DLS permanent too. Give me the light in the evenings year 'round!

I have exactly the opposite opinion. I would love to get rid of DST and stay with mountain standard year round.
If we went to year round DST, we wouldn't see the sun until 9:37 am in January.
Nice day today and I need to get outside for a bit. Some very cold weather coming our way soon!

[pwd72s]

7:45 to 4:34 here..approx 35 miles south of the 45th parallel.

With the days getting longer..soon it'll be bikini weather, right?

[Crowbob]

As the days grow longer so the cold goes stronger.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

7:45 to 4:34 here..approx 35 miles south of the 45th parallel.

With the days getting longer..soon it'll be bikini weather, right?

It'll be bikini weather here on Friday (80ºh).

[KFC911]

I used to like my extra hour in the evening, now I hate waiting for the sun to come up! Seems like somebody would figure out how to add an hour of daylight on both ends of the day !

[JackDidley]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

As the days grow longer so the cold goes stronger.

Yes, the downside. March, things get better and warmer here. Cant wait.

[flatbutt]

Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6

I love this day because tomorrow and every day thereafter will get longer and longer. Such a great day!

Indeed, the sun now begins its' return!

[LWJ]

Living in Western Oregon, November and December are DARK.

This is always a happy day for me. It was even sunny and lovely today. Getting darker now. 3:27PM...

[ckelly78z]

It sure didn't seem like the shortest day at work, with nearly everyone else on vacation.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by KC911

I used to like my extra hour in the evening, now I hate waiting for the sun to come up! Seems like somebody would figure out how to add an hour of daylight on both ends of the day !

Maybe what we need to do is split the difference and set the clocks forward 30 mins, then break off the adjustment knob.