Having returned to 10-hour days on the first day of February, we are now about to experience our first 11-hour day of the year this coming weekend thanks to rapidly growing daylight hours.
With Chicago gaining more than 2 and a half minutes of light by the day the city has gained 42 minutes since the beginning of the month according to timeanddate.com.
This coming Saturday, February 24th the sun will rise at 6:33 a.m. and set at 5:34 p.m. providing us with a total day length of 11 hours and 25 seconds.
Not until Wednesday, October 16th, 2024, when the sun rises at 7:04 a.m. and sets at 6:06 p.m., will we experience the next day under 11 hours.
We’re also under three weeks away from the clocks going forward an hour on Sunday, March 10th, giving us an extra hour of daylight saving time and thus later sunsets.
On Saturday, March 9th the sun will rise at 6:11 a.m. and set at 5:50 p.m. but with the clocks changing the following day sunrise will then instead be at 7:09 a.m. with sunset also an hour later in the day at 6:52 p.m., according to timeanddate.com.
12-hour days will then return a week later on Sunday, March 17th and the city will then continue to see daylight hours increase through to the summer solstice aka the longest day of the year in late June.
With a sunrise at 5:15 a.m. and a sunset at 8:29 p.m., we will experience 15 hours, 13 minutes, and 41 seconds on Thursday, June 20th.
More information on Chicago sunrises, sunsets, and daylengths can be found at www.timeanddate.com.
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