April 2021 — Sun in Florida

March 2020 – Orlando, Florida – Sunrise and sunset calendar

That said, Alaska still gets fairly extreme. For example, Barrow—one of the northernmost towns in Alaska—has about two months of darkness in the winter, from about November 18 to January 22. But in the summer, the sun doesn’t completely set for about 82 days, from roughly May 11 until July 31.

With up to approximately 15 hours the longest days are in Juni. On the other hand the longest dark nights happen in winter (in the southern hemisphere it is the other way around). In Dezember a night in Washington, D.C. last almost 15 hours.

Consider these four benefits of daylight saving time:

• There’s more light to enjoy in the evening.
• The crime rate drops during daylight saving time.
• It minimizes energy consumption (and lowers your costs).
• It lowers the incidence of traffic accidents.
• Reset your clocks the night before.
• Catch some extra ZZZs.

Daylight Saving Time (DST) Is Bad for Your Health. Changing sleep patterns, even by one hour, goes against a person’s natural circadian rhythms and has negative consequences for health. [1] One study found that the risk of a heart attack increases 10% the Monday and Tuesday following…

One paper estimated a $31 billion one-day loss on the major stock exchanges in the U.S. on that fateful Monday. Many of these effects can be explained by a general reduction in cognitive performance. Another study found that SAT scores in regions where daylight saving is imposed are severely impaired.

Daylight Saving Time Today Today, most Americans spring forward (turn clocks ahead and lose an hour) on the second Sunday in March (at 2:00 A.M.) and fall back (turn clocks back and gain an hour) on the first Sunday in November (at 2:00 A.M.).