If you really want more daylight, there's a simple solution: Head north.Īt this time of year, the farther north you are, the more daylight you'll experience. "There's a lot of outdoors time to look forward to." "The muscle of summer, all the things that make summer summer, is still ahead of us," Blumenfeld said. That's because the cumulative effect of long days of strong sunlight won't reach its peak until July and early August, Blumenfeld said.Īnd we still can look forward to what climatologists consider the nicest time of the year - September and early October - characterized by pleasant temperatures, low humidity and clear skies. Though we will be gradually losing daylight, the hottest days of summer are still ahead. Start preparing for winter,' " he said.īut don't tune up the snowblower just yet. "In a way, that's the Minnesota mind-set. Kenneth Blumenfeld, senior climatologist with the Minnesota State Climatology Office, is familiar with the pang of anxiety some of us feel when summer solstice arrives. 21, when we'll have just over 8 hours and 45 minutes of daylight. That keeps going until we reach the depths of darkness of the winter solstice on Dec. We only lose a few seconds of daylight per day at first, but the decline in light slowly accelerates until we're down 3 minutes of daylight per day in September.
On June 22, the days start getting shorter thanks to the inexorable orbit of the Earth around the sun. It's a day to fret because it's all downhill from here. Maybe it's finally safe to put away the snow shovel.įor some of us, summer solstice isn't a day to savor and celebrate. just over 15 hours and 36 minutes - or a glorious 56,210 seconds of daylight. That makes it the longest day of the year, with the sun rising in Minneapolis at 5:26 a.m.
On June 21, the tilt of the Earth on its axis is most pointed to the sun for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere.
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