Darkness in Seattle (house, garden, beach)

[CityGirl72]

It's the same "darkness" - I live close to Downtown and the water so lots of mist and fog, so it's pretty dark at 8, just like at 4:30 pm. Actually I'm looking out my window at 10:45 am, and it's still pretty foggy out there. It's lighter just still foggy/misty

My son (he's 6) is the "Weather Man" today at school - he's very literal, I'll find out later what he's decided the weather is for the day (they have a chart in the classroom) I'll let you know

[41Willys]

Originally Posted by CityGirl72

It's the same "darkness" - I live close to Downtown and the water so lots of mist and fog, so it's pretty dark at 8, just like at 4:30 pm. Actually I'm looking out my window at 10:45 am, and it's still pretty foggy out there. It's lighter just still foggy/misty

My son (he's 6) is the "Weather Man" today at school - he's very literal, I'll find out later what he's decided the weather is for the day (they have a chart in the classroom) I'll let you know

lol,,good stuff!

[cobolt]

Early darkness tends to make you want to go straight home from work instead of shopping, running errands, etc. I used to walk after work. When the early sunsets come around, I join a gym. I remember last winter the sun going down on my way to the gym and it being dark when I was done. Takes some getting used to. It's light by 8am dark by about 5pm. People living farther up north have it worse.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by toughguy

When I wake up at 6 it's dark but it's just starting to get light when I leave at 6:40. When I get to work at 8:00 its fully bright. Eventually it will be dark until about 7:30a - 8:00a in the morning when we hit the depths of late December/January.

Here is a nifty site where you can see the sunrise/sunset times for any day of the year:

Sunrise and sunset in Seattle - Washington - U.S.A.

At the winter solstice (Dec. 22st), we only get 8 hours and 25 minutes of daylight.

Conversly, we get nearly 16 hours of sunlight (which feels more like 18 hours since visibility remains long after the sun has set) near the summer solstice.

Makes sense. As far as major cities go in the lower 48, Seattle is the northernmost located of them all. At almost 48 degrees latitude, Seattle is at the northernmost latitude for a major city outside of Alaska. I like it. Darkness before 6pm is freaky and fun. Daylight at 8pm is also fun.

[tada]

I actually look forward to the earlier sunset. That's one less hour of gray/rain I have to see a day.

And conversely, I don't like the movement of the start of DST back to March, since that's one more hour of gray I have to see. But maybe it was just because this year has been a wasteland of sunlight in relation to others.

I do like the long summer days though, on most normal years. Heck, I might actually vacation to Seattle during July or August if I move somewhere else. As for coming back during the holidays, forget it.

(to himself) Just two more years, just two more years...

[Monumental1]

I've always found the dark rather sexy.......(Seattle has a romantic slick vibe to it this time of year for me) I love it.

The weather has been pretty good lately also.

Thing is.........when it's November, December, I love when it's dark, and sometimes it rains, I feel more like it's the holidays.

I've had a 90 Degree Christmas in L.A., ........I still enjoyed myself with my family, because I'm the type of person, who can enjoy myself where ever I am at. But I was wishing it would be cold.

[Pugetsoundman]

When I was in Equador at zero degrees latitude I was suprised to learn that the sun comes up and sets at 6 am and 6 pm (within a few minutes) every day of the year, summer and winter. Also, dawn and dusk last for only a few minutes. In other words, at 5:45 it is pitch black and at 6:15 it is bright daylight. Similarly, by 6:15 pm it'll be pitch black outside. No dusk to speak of. This took some getting used to.

I have also spent some time in Fairbanks, Alaska during December when the sun crept above the horizon for maybe three hours and where dawn and dusk lasted for several hours, providing a sort of half light but no sun in sight. The night sky out in the mountains was incredibly dark and incredibly clear. Too bad it was soooo.... cold. I prefer the mid-latitudes, presumably because that is where I grew up. My grandparents came from Kiruna, Sweden which is north of the Artic Circle. They all settled in Chicago but I'll bet they would have enjoyed the short and balmy Seattle winters.

[pirate_lafitte]

Originally Posted by CityGirl72

It's the same "darkness" - I live close to Downtown and the water so lots of mist and fog, so it's pretty dark at 8, just like at 4:30 pm. Actually I'm looking out my window at 10:45 am, and it's still pretty foggy out there. It's lighter just still foggy/misty

My son (he's 6) is the "Weather Man" today at school - he's very literal, I'll find out later what he's decided the weather is for the day (they have a chart in the classroom) I'll let you know

Your son sounds alot like me at age 8. Very interested in weather.

[Chenebe]

Do you get daylight saving where the clocks are turned back or forwards?

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by Chenebe

Do you get daylight saving where the clocks are turned back or forwards?

Yes, with the exception of Arizona and Hawaii we have Daylight Savings Time.
This year it began on March 9 and will end on November 2.