Alaska daylight in winter. In terms of daylight this day is 13 hours 54 minutes shorter than on june solstice. Generic astronomy calculator to calculate times for sunrise sunset moonrise moonset for many cities with daylight saving time and time zones taken in account. Given that caveat heres a suggested 3 day winter itinerary in fairbanks.
Calculations of sunrise and sunset in kotzebue alaska usa for august 2020. Even though residents of barrow the northernmost town in alaska wont see the sun for 67 days come winter they enjoy the midnight sun all summer over 80 days of uninterrupted daylight. The opposite is true.
For those two hours between sunrise and sunset its basically dusk or dawn because it never actually gets dark. Generic astronomy calculator to calculate times for sunrise sunset moonrise moonset for many cities with daylight saving time and time zones taken in account. That depends on where in alaska you live.
On the shortest day of the year december 21 winter solstice youll find a range of daylight hours depending on where you are. December solstice winter solstice is on monday december 21 2020 at 102 am in anchorage. In most locations north of equator the shortest day of the year is around this date.
Our summer days are long while winter days are short. In fairbanks there are nearly 22 hours of daylight about. Earliest sunset is on december 15 or december 16.
Just north of fairbanks the day is 24 hours long. I normally start any of my 3 day itineraries on day 1 but as youll likely arrive in the afternoon or late at night you really need to count your arrival day as day 0 of this three day fairbanks itinerary. The farther north you go the longer the day.
In the far north the sun doesnt set for months. As you go further north during your trip to alaska the summer days get even longer. Arrive settle in.
Some people think alaska has less sunlight than other places.