As some of you “Facebook Folks” already know, my wife, Vivian, recently enjoyed a “Birthday Trip” to Disney World with Will, Holley, and Kherington, and I went to pick her up from Frisco as one of my busy days was “winding down.”
We pulled into Forney about 5:45 p. m., and I remarked that “I can already tell that the days are getting longer.” I think Vivian was a little skeptical of my veracity as she stated, “but the weatherman this morning said that the ‘sunrise’ was still happening a little later each morning—not earlier!”
So, we had a little discussion about what I had learned from Dan Henry, Pete Delkus, David Finfrock, Ali Turiano, Kylie Capps, or Colleen Coyle. And that information was the following.
October 31, 2020—(sunrise) 7:45 a. m. and (sunset) 6:36 p. m.
Daylight Saving Time begins.
November 1, 2020—(sunrise) 6:46 a. m. and (sunset) 5:35 p. m.
December 20, 2020— (sunrise) 7:25 a. m. and (sunset) 5:25 p. m.
December 23—(sunrise) 7:27 a. m. and (sunset) 5:26 p. m.
December 26—(sunrise) 7:28 a. m. and (sunset) 5:28 p. m. (10 hours)
December 29—(sunrise) 7:29 a. m. and (sunset) 5:30 p. m.
December 31—(sunrise) 7:29 a. m. and (sunset) 5:32 p. m.
January 1, 2021—(sunrise) 7:29 a. m. and (sunset) 5:32 p. m.
January 4—Night: 7:02 p. m. until 6:02 a. m.—11 hours
Daylight: 7:30 a. m. (sunrise) until 5:34 p. m. (sunset)—10.04 hours
Note that sunlight, “light enough to see,” and total darkness, are differing things!
January 7—(sunrise) 7:30 a. m. and (sunset) 5:37 p. m.
January 10—(sunrise) 7:30 a. m. and (sunset) 5:39 p. m.
January 13—(sunrise) 7:30 a. m. and (sunset) 5:42 p. m.
January 16—(sunrise) 7:29 a. m. and (sunset) 5:45 p. m.
January 19—(sunrise) 7:28 a. m. and (sunset) 5:47 p. m.
January 22—(sunrise) 7:27 a. m. and (sunset) 5:50 p. m.
January 26—(sunrise) 7:24 a. m. and (sunset) 5:55 p. m.
January 31—(sunrise) 7:21 a. m. and (sunset) 5:59 p. m.
Note that I did not print “seconds,” but rather “whole minutes” for the most part.
I guess you have noticed by now that the sunrises and sunsets do not change by the same numbers of minutes! If I had my choice, I think I would like longer days in the winter and shorter during the summer to balance things out!
But, then again, I guess longer days during warm summer times are more beneficial because it is easier to do things during the more temperate times than during the colder ones!
Just think, it won’t be long until instead of having barely 10 hours to work or play outside without extra lighting, we will have more than 14 hours of daylight part of the summer and still won’t be able to finish all our outdoor projects without added lighting!
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