what is the longest daylight day of the year
The first day of winter you'll hear it's the shortest day of the year and for summer it's the opposite. But what we should actually be saying is: Happy longest amount of daylight day!. It sounds silly, but it's a better reflection of day. A day only has 24 hours, so today can't be any longer than tomorrow. The sun rises at 6:13 a.m. here on the summer solstice and sets at 9:08 p.m. That's 14 hours and 55 minutes of daylight to enjoy! After Monday, the sunrise will continue getting a little later and the sunset a little earlier. Eventually by the winter solstice, we'll have a measly nine hours and 25 minutes of daylight. We aren't trying the change the world here. But you better believe if one of our meteorologists says Monday is the longest day of the year on air, we immediately get called out via email or social media.