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Days are getting noticeably a lot longer now. No British Summer Time for us yet, but with clear skies it didn't get dark until about 7pm last night, and with sunrise at 5.53am it's light enough early enough to wake me up at least a hour and a half earlier than I actually want to wake up I suppose I ought to buy some darker curtains.
Days are getting noticeably a lot longer now. No British Summer Time for us yet, but with clear skies it didn't get dark until about 7pm last night, and with sunrise at 5.53am it's light enough early enough to wake me up at least a hour and a half earlier than I actually want to wake up I suppose I ought to buy some darker curtains.
It must be very interetsing to see the change in light at higher latitudes. I would think that this time of year must seem very different in terms of the solar angle if you went way up north toward Norway, Sweden, etc. The change south of 40 latitude is more muted since the change is not quite so drastic. I've heard that in June you can read the paper in London outside at 9:00 PM !
The sun is still above the horizon at 9pm in London in June. Sunset is just before 9:30pm on the longest day, with twilight lasting until around 11:00pm.
It must be very interetsing to see the change in light at higher latitudes. I would think that this time of year must seem very different in terms of the solar angle if you went way up north toward Norway, Sweden, etc. The change south of 40 latitude is more muted since the change is not quite so drastic. I've heard that in June you can read the paper in London outside at 9:00 PM !
You can do that in Upstate NY, too. Latest sunset is at 8:47 where I lived.
It must be very interetsing to see the change in light at higher latitudes. I would think that this time of year must seem very different in terms of the solar angle if you went way up north toward Norway, Sweden, etc. The change south of 40 latitude is more muted since the change is not quite so drastic. I've heard that in June you can read the paper in London outside at 9:00 PM !
Bar a few months I've spent all my life above 50 latitude so it's all I know. Despite it being an astronomical certainty I've always found it interesting how to mark how the days get shorter and longer. The London summer evenings aren't particularly long for me coming from further north, when I lived in Yorkshire only 200 or so miles further north I once finished a round of golf at 10.15pm in half-light, 30 minutes after the sun had set - after about 9.45pm that would become impossible here. At the other end of the 'night' - there's a two-week or so window when with clear skies about 1% of the sky on the northern horizon at 54N stays blue throughout the night - I once took this picture of morning mist on a nearby reservoir at 4.05am, about 30 minutes before the sun rose. In the winter though, notice the time on the clock only say 3.20pm despite it being so dark and gloomy, 30 minutes or so before sunset.
The extra sun makes spring feels warmer than the temperatures suggest. Right now we have an average high of exactly 50°F, which is the same as about November 15. But the sun is much stronger and the days are a lot longer so it feels like late March is warmer than mid November. I like how late spring has really long days and bright sun but the temperatures aren't usually hot. Feels like an odd mismatch but very pleasant.
Unfortunately, our high temperatures for the next few days will be more typical of mid December.
You can tell the difference in March. I was outside shoveling, 25°F, really didn't feel bad. Sun is out, sidewalks are dry where I shoveled. Isn't melting though, we need at least 30's for that!
Another day of 60°F temps, rare in this part of the UK in March. Beautiful.
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