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It’s still bright in the Weather Lab as I type this post around 5 p.m. on Wednesday.

December’s darkness is gone. It no longer feels like the sun is beginning to fade shortly after lunchtime. 

Sunset time in the Twin Cities has reached 5 p.m. this week. We’re gaining two minutes of daylight per day starting this weekend, and we’ll be gaining 2 minutes and 30 seconds of new daylight per day by the end of January. 

You can see the rapidly escalating daylight in the chart at the top of this post from 

Here are some daylight milestones ahead in the coming month for Minnesota. Times are for the Twin Cities area. 

I love the notion of civil twilight as our evening daylight grows longer. 

 as the time when there is still enough light to navigate outdoors by foot. Here’s more on civil twilight from timeanddate.com:

Our growing civil twilight and longer evening light are a boost to my spirits as we move through what are usually the doldrums of winter in Minnesota.

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We’re rapidly gaining daylight now as we move into late January. 

Brighter days: Gaining 2 minutes of daylight per day by this weekend

timeanddate.com

Warm sunset on January 11 at the Weather Lab

Brighter days: Gaining 2 minutes of daylight per day by this weekend

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