The length of the day varies significantly over the course of the year. The shortest day is December 21 with 8:55 hours of daylight; the longest day is June 20 with 15:28 hours of daylight.
Daily Hours of Daylight and Twilight
The number of hours during which the Sun is visible (black line), with various degrees of daylight, twilight, and night, indicated by the color bands. From bottom (most yellow) to top (most gray): full daylight, solar twilight (Sun is visible but less than 6° from the horizon), civil twilight (Sun is not visible but is less than 6° below the horizon), nautical twilight (Sun is between 6° and 12° below the horizon), astronomical twilight (Sun is between 12° and 18° below the horizon), and full night.
The earliest sunrise is at 5:35am on June 13 and the latest sunset is at 9:06pm on June 27. The latest sunrise is at 7:58am on November 3 and the earliest sunset is at 4:40pm on December 9.
Daylight saving time (DST) is observed in this location during 2012, starting in the spring on March 11 and ending in the fall on November 4.
The solar day over the course of the year 2012 . From bottom to top, the black lines are the previous solar midnight, sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and the next solar midnight. The day, twilights (solar, civil, nautical, and astronomical), and night are indicated by the color bands from yellow to gray. The transitions to and from daylight saving time are indicated by the "DST" labels.
Ally Garber
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