For the first time in 3 months, Seattle will enjoy a sunset after 5 pm

Rejoice Seattle, for our lengthy days of publish meridiem gloom are drawing to a detailed.

Why it issues: In a metropolis that will get darkish at 4pm throughout winter and the place seasonal affective dysfunction (SAD) is an actual factor, the primary publish 5pm sundown of the yr is one thing to rejoice.

Driving the information: At present the solar will set after 5pm — 5:01 if you wish to be actual — for the primary time in practically three months.

• The final time it was mild till 5pm was on Nov. 5.
• We have been gaining daylight, practically 40 minutes to this point, because the winter solstice on Dec. 21, when the solar set at 4:20pm.

To make certain, it hasn’t at all times felt like a gradual improve of sunshine. One motive is as a result of January is usually such a dismal, cloudy month, Justin Shaw of the Seattle Weather Blog instructed Axios.

• “I will inform somebody the solar set at 4:38p.m. and so they’ll say, ‘What sundown? I did not see the solar.’”
• Additionally, as a result of we lose twilight whereas concurrently gaining daylight in January and February, the brightening impact could also be muted, he mentioned.

What they’re saying: Though it may be anticlimactic once we get to Jan. 26 and it is nonetheless darkish, Shaw says, “It is a psychological barrier that we have burst by.”

What’s subsequent: Do not despair, chilly climate lovers, it is nonetheless winter. Excessive temperatures in Seattle will drop to only above freezing subsequent week and on Tuesday, there’s even an opportunity for snow.