Adrian, MI – Even though Lenawee County, and the WLEN listening area will be under an arctic chill for the next few days, the good news is that each day…technically…is seeing more sunlight.
The winter solstice, which occurred December 21st, is the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight. On that date, the Northern Hemisphere experienced its longest night.
The good news? Since then, the amount of daylight each day has been getting longer.
This gain will be minuscule at first, just a matter of seconds a day, but will steadily grow until daily daylight expands by 3 daily minutes per day in March. The exact amount of brightness gain depends on your location.
Where we are now, mid January, the increase in daylight is about 2 minutes per day. By late February, daylight speeds up to 3 minutes daily.
In May, the increase slows back to 2 minutes gain per day…and by the time we get to the summer solstice, the increase slows to 1 minute a day, peaking at over 15 hours of daylight by the solstice.
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