I was wondering how many seconds, or minutes of daylight we loose per day between the Summer Solstice and the Winter Solstice. Basically, I wanted to know at what rate do the days get shorter from June 21.
2006-07-02 05:01:15 · 4 answers · asked by ethanhopkin14 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
It depends on your latitude. The further north you are, the shorter the days get on each day.
In the area around NYC, at 40 degrees, the days seem to shrink by about 2.5 minutes every day.
2006-07-02 05:14:13 · answer #1 · answered by Flyboy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends where you are. At the Equator the day shortens by about 2 minutes per day but this increases as you go North. At the 45th parallel we lose about 3 minutes per day. At Alert, Nunavut which is at 82 degrees North, the sun will be up until Sept. 8th and on that day will lose 8 minutes of sunlight.
2006-07-02 22:13:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
find the lighting up times and see from there
2006-07-02 05:09:14 · answer #3 · answered by dumplingmuffin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
one minute each day, where I live
2006-07-02 05:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Brian M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋