Mapped: Less daily sunlight
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There's a lot to celebrate with our crisp fall mornings this week. But the approach of autumn also means we'll see less sunlight.
The big picture: Parts of the U.S. 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.
- San Antonio is losing about two hours.
Yes, but: This has nothing to do with daylight saving time. We just change the time to give us the impression of more sunlight.
What's next: As we near November, our sunrise will occur closer to 8am and the sun will set around 6:45pm.
- When the clocks shift to standard time, sunrise will occur before 7am and sunset will be around 5:45pm.
💠Megan's thought bubble: It's nice that we don't lose as much sunlight as the northern U.S. states do. But those 7:30-8am sunrises coming up are rough.