(12-23-23) Starting today the daylight will start being longer and the Sun will be slightly higher up.

  • If you look at the Almanac’s daylight tool for Chicago, there are just 9 hours, 11 minutes of daylight during the week leading up to Christmas.
  • After this, daylight increases to 9 hours, 15 minutes by New Year’s Day.
  • By mid-January, the increase jumps to about two minutes a day.
  • By the 20th of February, daylight speeds up to three minutes per day! On the 20th, day length is 10 hours, 53 minutes and on the 21st, it’s 10 hours, 56 minutes.
  • In May, the increase slows back to two minutes gain per day
  • By the time we get to the summer solstice, the increase further slows to a minute a day; peaking at 15 hours and 16 minutes by the solstice.

So enjoy those extra seconds and minutes!!!