We’re Losing How Many Minutes of Daylight Each Day?

Now that we're more than a week into Fall, it sure seems like the sun is setting earlier and earlier each night, doesn't it? That's because it is, of course. And here's how much we're losing each day.

Fall officially started with the Autumnal Equinox back on September 21st, and since then, good 'ol sol is hurrying up and getting out of the sky quite a bit earlier each night. According to ABC-6's StormTracker weather team, we've been losing about 3-minutes of daylight each day.

The amount of daylight we'll see each day here in southeast Minnesota will keep decreasing until December 21st-- the Winter Solstice-- they day we see the least amount of daylight.

From there, the amount of daylight starts to increase each day until we reach the Summer Solstice on June 21st-- the day we have the most amount of daylight.

This cool site has a calculator that shows the amount of daylight we'll receive each day, along with the sunrise and sunset times. For instance, today, September 29th, we'll see 11 hours and 46 minutes of daylight, with the sun rising at 7:06 a.m. and setting at 6:53 p.m.

Of course, those times will seem to change again when Daylight Saving Time ends this year (and we fall back an hour) on Saturday, November 5th.