Between September 25th and 26th we began having less daylight than central New Hampshire. Now, two weeks later, we are almost an hour behind. In 12 days the length of our day will be shorter than winter solstice in NH. Two days after that we will have less daylight than St. Paul, MN on the winter solstice. We continue to lose about 6 minutes per day until Dec. 21.
On that day we will have 3 hrs and 41 minutes of daylight. The Sun will be lower than most of our treetops, so we will only see glimpses of it through the trees at our house. Go outside and look at the horizon. Hold your thumb up in the air with the base of it at the horizon (with your arm extended). The tip of your thumb will be about the height of the sun on a Fairbanks Solstice.
Stay warm folks.
Oh No! this is causing hyperventilation in NH! Maybe you can start giving us the statistics for the other side of total darkness? We love you and cannot wait to experience the total dark days when we come to visit! I wonder if the rapidity with which you are losing daylight makes the days go by faster? and when the sun comes back it must come back as fast as it went away so that is really exciting to look forward and just think how fast time has gone since you got there! Love you - David and Sandi
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