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🌅 Say goodbye to 9pm sunsets — we saw our last one of the year last night, KING 5 reports.

Tonight, the sun in Seattle goes down at 8:59pm.

We've past the last 9pm sunset of the year in Seattle

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Seattle is silhouetted as the setting sun produces orange skies and orange reflections on Lake Washington.

Looking over Lake Washington. Photo: Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images

<p><strong>🌅 Say goodbye</strong> to 9pm sunsets — we saw our <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="last one" data-vars-click-url="https://www.king5.com/article/weather/weather-blog/tonight-last-9-pm-sunset-of-the-year-washington-state-seattle/281-2914ae0b-ea4e-4c9c-af85-847b03902d88" data-vars-content-id="cab5fb4f-19fa-4c79-9e7d-b3c726e96824" data-vars-headline="🕘 Earlier sunsets arrive" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.king5.com/article/weather/weather-blog/tonight-last-9-pm-sunset-of-the-year-washington-state-seattle/281-2914ae0b-ea4e-4c9c-af85-847b03902d88" target="_blank">last one</a> of the year last night, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="KING 5 reports" data-vars-click-url="https://www.king5.com/article/weather/weather-blog/tonight-last-9-pm-sunset-of-the-year-washington-state-seattle/281-2914ae0b-ea4e-4c9c-af85-847b03902d88" data-vars-content-id="cab5fb4f-19fa-4c79-9e7d-b3c726e96824" data-vars-headline="🕘 Earlier sunsets arrive" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.king5.com/article/weather/weather-blog/tonight-last-9-pm-sunset-of-the-year-washington-state-seattle/281-2914ae0b-ea4e-4c9c-af85-847b03902d88" target="_blank">KING 5 reports</a>.</p><ul><li>Tonight, the sun in Seattle goes down at <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="8:59pm" data-vars-click-url="https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/seattle" data-vars-content-id="cab5fb4f-19fa-4c79-9e7d-b3c726e96824" data-vars-headline="🕘 Earlier sunsets arrive" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/sun/usa/seattle" target="_blank">8:59pm</a>.</li></ul>

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