The daylight Michigan loses between summer and fall
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We can already feel it — the air is getting crisper, the cider mills are getting busier and the days are getting shorter.
The big picture: How much daylight you're losing as fall approaches depends on where you live.
- Parts of the northern U.S., including Michigan, are losing more than three hours of daylight between June 20 (the summer solstice) and Sept. 22 (the fall equinox), per NOAA's handy Solar Calculator.
How it works: Here in the Northern Hemisphere, northern latitudes lose more daylight in the fall and winter compared to areas closer to the equator as the Sun's path through the sky shifts southward.
Zoom in: Detroit's day length will fall to 12.2 hours on Sept. 22, down from 15.3 hours on June 20 — a 3-hour and 6-minute change, according to NOAA.
💠Annalise's thought bubble: When I think about losing daylight as summer wanes, it brings me back to being a kid running around outside until the sun went down. How freeing it felt to get those couple extra hours in the summer to muck about.