is it true about alaska .............??

Question

that they get so many months of all daylight??
and so many months of darkness??
if yes what months are there is darkness ??
and wat are the daylights ??
n how many out of the months are darkness n lightness??

Answer 1

winter months it usually gets dark earlier, summer it stays light later, this is because Alaska is so close to the north pole...

I remember summers in Alaska, the sun didnt really rise or set, it just went around the horizon all day

and its not 6 months of light 6 months or dark either... the total darkness (24-7) only lasts a couple days, same for the all day sunlight

Answer 2

I am not from Alaska, but I believe the answer is it depends on how far north in Alaska you live. The winter is the dark season, but I think the city of Anchorage still gets about 5 hours of daylight in winter. The summer is when the sun stays up all the time, but again, there are a few hours of darkness. Maybe someone can offer a little more detail?

Answer 3

The months
of November to January have little daylight.

Most visitors prefer to visit Alaska in the summer. During these months, daylight lasts almost 24 hours each day, although photographers should note they will not have direct sunlight all this time. Temperatures in the summer months are generally between 50-70 F. During winter, northern Alaska can experience no daylight for months at a stretch, and the temperatures can fall well below 0 F, which are reasons enough to deter most visitors. However, in northern Alaska, tourists can usually see the northern lights, or aurora borealis, only during the cold, dark winter.

In southeast Alaska lies Juneau, the capital of Alaska, In contrast to the extreme weather in Barrow, the weather in Juneau is somewhat more moderate, with temperatures ranging from roughly 28 F in January (a month during which there are roughly seven hours of daylight each day) to roughly 58 F in July (a month during which there are roughly 18 hours of daylight each day).

The northern-most point in Alaska--and, indeed, in the entire the United States--is Point Barrow.The weather in Barrow ranges from below -56 F in January (a month during which there is no daylight), to roughly 40 F in July (a month during which there are 24 hours of daylight each day).

Answer 4

Partially.
A few.
Also a few.

The dark months are actually a few weeks around december 21.
The daylight months are actually a few weeks around june 21.

It depends on how far north in Alaska you are. The further north, the longer the time of darkness and light.

Piterberg Russia has a famous White Nights festival.

Answer 5

I remember reading 6 months of light and 6 months of dark.

Answer 6

6 months of nothing but daylight, and 6 months of nothing but darkness

Answer 7

6 months of light and 6 months of dark.

Answer 8

It's not total darkness..its more like twilight. I watched a documentary on it and it was saying how ppl use heat lamps and lights inside to simulate sunlight for their kids..I think it goes on for 6 months....

Answer 9

Yes it is.

Answer 10

A common notion about Alaska is that the whole state goes dark in the winter and has unending sunlight in the summer. That's not quite the case, as shown by the statewide sunrise/sunset times listed below.
Barrow, at the very top of the state, has a two-month winter period in which the sun doesn't rise. But that's the extreme, and winter's long nights get shorter the farther south one goes. South of the Arctic Circle, every place has sunshine at least part of the day.

In the summer, all of Arctic Alaska gets 24-hour sunlight for at least one day at the solstice. Barrow has continuous daylight for 85 days. South of the circle, every town has a night every day, even if it's quite brief.

Long dawns and dusks can make the day appear longer than it actually is. Even as far south as Anchorage, it's possible to read a newspaper outdoors at 2 a.m. -- two hours after sunset -- in the days around the summer solstice.

The Arctic Circle, at 66 degrees 34 minutes north latitude, crosses Alaska about 125 miles north of Fairbanks. The circle is the point at which the sun doesn't rise for a day in the winter and doesn't set for a day in the summer.

Winter solstice in 2002 occurs Dec. 21 at 4:15 p.m. Alaska Standard Time. In the summer of 2003, solstice occurs June 21 at 11:10 a.m. Alaska Daylight Time.

Anchorage
(Southcentral Alaska.) Latitude 61.17 north, longitude 150.02 west. Also near this latitude: Bethel, Eagle River, Girdwood, Glennallen, Palmer, Wasilla, Valdez, Lake Clark National Park, Wrangell St-Elias National Park; Whitehorse, Yukon Territory; Oslo, Norway; Stockholm, Sweden; St. Petersburg, Russia. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 4:21 a.m. 11:42 p.m. 19:21
December 10:14 a.m. 3:42 p.m. 5:28


Barrow
(Extreme northern Alaska.) Latitude 71.30 north, longitude 156.78 west. Also near this latitude: Hammerfest, Norway; Murmansk and Wrangel Island, Russia. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June Up Up 24
December Down Down 0
Note: Sun is up 85 days from May 10 to Aug. 2. The sun is down 67 days from Nov. 18 to Jan. 23.

Bethel
(Western Alaska.) Latitude 60.78 north, longitude 161.80 west. Also near this latitude: Anchorage, Nunivak Island, Pribilof Islands, Wood-Tikchik State Park. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 5:13 a.m. 12:24 a.m. 19:09
December 10:58 a.m. 4:34 p.m. 5:36


Cold Bay
(Western Alaska Peninsula.) Latitude 55.20 north, longitude 162.73 west. Also near this latitude: Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, Ketchikan. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 5:10 a.m. 10:35 p.m. 17:25
December 9:16 a.m. 4:23 p.m. 7:07


Fairbanks
(Interior Alaska.) Latitude 64.82 north, longitude 147.87 west. Also near this latitude: Eagle, Galena, Nome; Reykjavik, Iceland; Arkhangelsk, Russia. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 2:59 a.m. 12:48 a.m. 21:49
December 10:59 a.m. 2:41 p.m. 3:42 p.m.


Juneau
(Northern Panhandle of Southeastern Alaska.) Latitude 58.37 north, longitude 134.58 west. Also near this latitude: Glacier Bay National Park, Kodiak; London, Berlin, Moscow. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 3:51 a.m. 10:09 p.m. 18:18
December 8:46 a.m. 3:07 p.m. 6:21



Ketchikan
(Southern Panhandle of Southeastern Alaska.) Latitude 55.20 north, longitude 131.38 west. Also near this latitude: Dawson Creek, British Columbia; Edmonton, Alberta. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 4:04 a.m. 9:33 p.m. 17:29
December 9:12 a.m. 4:18 p.m. 7:06

Kodiak
(Western Alaska.) Latitude 57.75 north, longitude 152.50 west. Also near this latitude: Juneau, Dillingham, King Salmon, Katmai National Park. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 5:08 a.m. 11:15 18:07
December 9:53 a.m. 4:24 p.m. 6:31


Kotzebue
(Northwestern Alaska.) Latitude 66.87 north, longitude 162.63 west. Also near this latitude: Bettles, Fort Yukon, Selwawik, Gates of the Arctic National Park, Kobuk Valley National Park. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June Up Up 24
December 1:01 a.m. 2:41 p.m. 1:31
Note: Sun rises June 3 and sets July 9.

McGrath
(Western/Interior Alaska.) Latitude 62.97 north, longitude 155.62 west. Also near this latitude: Denali National Park, Yukon Delta. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 4:15 a.m. 12:33 a.m. 20:18
December 10:59 a.m. 3:42 p.m. 4:43


Nome
(Western Alaska.) Latitude 64.52 north, longitude 165.45 west. Also near this latitude: Galena, Fairbanks, St. Lawrence Island. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 4:19 a.m. 1:48 a.m. 21:29
December 12:04 p.m. 3:57 p.m. 3:53


Prudhoe Bay
(Northern Alaska.) Latitude 70.25 north, longitude 148.33 west. Also near this latitude: Deadhorse, Barter Island/Kaktovik, Wainwright. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June Up Up 24
December Down Down 0
Note: Sun is up from May 15 to July 28. Sun is down from Nov. 25 to Jan. 18.

Seward
(Southcentral Alaska.) Latitude 60.12 north, longitude 149.45 west. Also near this latitude: Cordova, Homer, Yakutat, Kenai Fjords National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, Lake Clark National Park, Wood-Tikchik State Park. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 4:32 a.m. 11:27 p.m. 18:55
December 10 a.m. 3:50 p.m. 5:50


Yakutat
(Southeast Alaska.) Latitude 59.52 north, longitude 139.67 west. Also near this latitude: Skagway, Haines, Glacier Bay National Park, Seward. Solstice Sunrise Sunset Hours of daylight
June 4 a.m. 10:42 p.m. 18:42
December 9:16 a.m. 3:17 p.m. 6:01