Edmonton may have just received a big dump of snow, but looking at the bright side of things, we are quickly approaching a sunset time of 6 p.m.
In just a matter of days, the sun will no longer dip below the horizon before 6 p.m. On the evening of Monday, Feb. 23, the sun will set at 6 o’clock precisely.
It’s another milestone marker of the dark stretch the city endures during the winter months, and daylight has been slowly returning since the winter solstice, and this is the time when that extra light starts to feel extra noticeable.
Each evening brings a little more light, and by the end of February, the sun won’t set until around 6:10 p.m.
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Edmonton will see sunsets after 6 p.m. right through Halloween, with the sun setting at 6:02 p.m. on Oct. 31. Thanks to daylight saving time ending on Sunday, Nov. 1, we’ll be back to seeing sunsets after 6 p.m. for quite some time again.
Mornings are improving too, with the sun rising earlier as the Earth continues its seasonal shift. Winter still has a firm grip on the city, but things are literally tilting in our favour!
Before we know it, spring will be on its way, and freezing at the bus stop or chipping our cars out of the frozen ground will be a thing of the past. And in a handful of months, we’ll be basking in those 11 p.m. sunsets in the summer that we love so much in Edmonton.
With files from Allison StephenÂ