how late does it stay light out?

[mom2jamie]

I am curious because it seems that last time I was in Fl; it seemed to stay lighter longer down there than in NH. Or is it my imagination... could some one let me know when it gets dark...Thanks!! We are going Feb 3-10th

 

[musicmom3]

I'd like to know this, too. The Kilamajaro Safari attraction at AK is scheduled for evening hours in February...and I cannot quite see how they would do that in the dark!

 

[MrsG]

Around President's week (Feb 20th) it gets dark around 6:15.

 

[oogieboogie]

Right now sunset is around 5:45pm. Sunrise is around 7am.

 

[Conan the Librarian]

I am curious because it seems that last time I was in Fl; it seemed to stay lighter longer down there than in NH. Or is it my imagination... could some one let me know when it gets dark...Thanks!! We are going Feb 3-10th

The amount of Daylight can vary several hours from north to south.

In the Summer, it still gets dark about 8:45 - 9:00 in Fla. Up north, it might stay light until 10.

A good site to get an idea about daylight and Sunrise/Sunset is

http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/

For example.

Orlando for the 3rd, the Sunset is at 6:06 pm. In Concord N.H. for the same day Sunset is 5:01 pm

On July 4, same cities 8:27 pm vs 8:29. Almost the same. Those who have been to northern Europe will know it doesn't get dark until much later. Across the Arctic Circle, the Sun doesn't set.

Has to do with the tilt and curvature of the Earth.

 

[nhpooh]

I am curious because it seems that last time I was in Fl; it seemed to stay lighter longer down there than in NH. Or is it my imagination... could some one let me know when it gets dark...Thanks!! We are going Feb 3-10th

This does happen, you are not crazy. Can't tell you why.

 

[cman]

Biscally it's becasue the Earth is tilted on an axis.

If you take a map of the US and turn it clockwise a bit you'll see that Florida is further west than NH. Being on the western edge of any timezone means that the sun will set later than a location that's on the extreme eastern edge.

 

[PenguinWaiters]

I am curious because it seems that last time I was in Fl; it seemed to stay lighter longer down there than in NH. Or is it my imagination... could some one let me know when it gets dark...Thanks!! We are going Feb 3-10th

Hello NH!
We are going Feb 3-11! We are from the west side of the state. I can't wait to get away from this cold.

I have been in Feb twice before and it did seem to be lighter longer. Maybe I could just stay outside longer before I froze!

 

[CleveRocks]

In the winter time, as you get closer to the equator, the sun sets later.

At the equator, there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of no daylight every day of the year. So if in NH right now there are 9 hours of daylight today, then there were maybe, and I'm guessing here, 9.5 hours of daylight in central Florida.

I just googled and found a website called www.timeanddate.com. I entered Orlando and learned that tomorrow Orlando will have 10 hours 40 minutes and 1 second of daylight. I entered Concord, NH and learned that tomorrow Concord will have 9 hours 35 minutes 34 seconds of daylight. So tomorrow Orlando will have anout 65 minutes more daylight than Concord.

I know that it also works this way in the same time zone going from west to east. Being born and raised in Philadelphia, I knew that in the summertime it usually got dark by about 8:30 or 8:45 or so. But then I moved to Cleveland, 500 miles to the west but still in the same time zone, and when I saw that I had some softball games starting at 8:30 p.m. I assumed either the field had lights or it was a misprint. Neither. It didn't get dark in June/July 'til roughly 9:30 or 9:45 p.m. I loved it. Of course, I later moved to Atlantic City, even further east than Philly, which means it gets darker her earlier than it does in Philly.

 

[nhpooh]

Biscally it's becasue the Earth is tilted on an axis.

If you take a map of the US and turn it clockwise a bit you'll see that Florida is further west than NH. Being on the western edge of any timezone means that the sun will set later than a location that's on the extreme eastern edge.

That make since, I forgot about that thanks!