Tonight’s sunset is a milestone for the season
CLEVELAND (WJW) – We’re officially coming to the end of the 2024 summer season here in Northeast Ohio. With the fall season on the rise, sunsets begin earlier and earlier.
Saturday, Aug. 31 will feature the last sunset after 8 p.m. in Cleveland until April, a sign days are getting shorter and that fall is coming.
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Northeast Ohio is losing 2 minutes of daylight per day, which will continue at this rate until Sept. 22.
According to Fox 8 Meteorologist Jenn Harcher, there will be several more time milestones over the next couple of months:
Last 8 p.m. sunset: August 31
Last 7 p.m. sunset: October 6
Last 6 p.m. sunset: November 2
Fall back time change: November 3
Last 5 p.m. sunset: November 26 (comes back on December 19)
The length of daylight in Cleveland has been getting shorter since June 20.
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The longest day of the year in Cleveland occurs on the summer solstice. This year, that was on June 20 and there were 15 hours and 11 minutes of daylight.
It happens when one of Earth’s poles is tilted toward the sun at its most extreme angle. Because of the Earth’s tilt, this happens twice a year during the summer and winter solstice.
This year, the autumnal equinox will happen on Sept. 22 at 8:44 a.m., which marks the official start of fall in the northern hemisphere and the start of spring in the southern hemisphere.
Meteorological fall however starts on Sunday, Sept. 1.
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According to AccuWeather, meteorological seasons are simply broken into groups of three months, will meteorological fall lasting for 91 days each year from Sept. 1 through Nov. 30. This gives meteorologists a better picture of statistics from one year to another.
Check out the latest forecast here.
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