Posted on 11/20/2024 12:54:01 AM PST by Libloather
Residents in America's northernmost town of Utqiagvik, Alaska, saw their last sunrise for two months on Monday.
The sun set at 1:27 p.m. local time on Monday and won't rise again until 1:15 p.m. on January 22, the Washington Post reported, where it will shine for less than an hour before sinking once more.
This months long period of darkness is known as the polar night. Daylight will then gradually increase each day until the sun remains in the sky for 24 hours a day for roughly two months, in what is known as the midnight sun, during the summer months.
In the winter, the Northern Hemisphere tilts away from the sun, causing residents in Utqiagvik, which is situated at the very top of Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle, to experience uninterrupted darkness for approximately two months, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tom Kines told Newsweek.
Currently, typical temperatures in the area are around 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. They drop by about a degree a day until January, when they average below zero, Kines said.
Despite the sun's absence, the northern lights still occur. Storms also are still possible, AccuWeather senior meteorologist Tyler Roys previously told Newsweek.
Kines added that it's not completely dark all the time during the polar night, as the sky brightens slightly in what he described as "twilight."
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Up north...the kids now go to school in the dark.
I can also do without that extra hour of sunlight. Burns my grass. I’m guessing they don’t have that particular problem.
The sun 😎 went down, on how to pronounce it’s name, years ago.
Regards,
Sun Sets in America’s Northernmost Town, Won’t Rise Again for 2 Months...
ah, that used to happen to me every summer on Staten Island when my in laws came in July and stayed until the end of August.
You beat me by ‘ ‘ that much.
Great idea. Decent execution.
Not a letter, and not part of the standard spelling.
LOL! You get the sun amounts you’ll get no matter how the politicians set the clocks! I’m sorry just the same about your Grass!
They changed it from Barrow to something only Inuit can pronounce.
I’m sure there is some land available to build some office spaces to be used by the EPA or some other government agencies...
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