DENVER (KDVR) — For those who wish to take pleasure in a little bit little bit of solar after getting dwelling from work, you would possibly need to savor it whilst you can. Denver solely has a little bit underneath two weeks earlier than afternoon sunsets return.
You’ll be able to blame daylight saving time for that.
Together with the chore of getting to vary all of the clocks in your home for the second time this 12 months, the top of DST on Nov. 5 will carry the primary afternoon sundown of the season.
When will the solar set earlier than 6 p.m.?
In a considerably spooky flip of occasions, Oct. 31 is the primary day the solar units earlier than 6 p.m., in response to the Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo voltaic calculator.
Nevertheless, that doesn’t final lengthy.
Solely 5 days afterward Nov. 5, daylight saving time ends. And, due to the clock change, the solar technically units an hour earlier at 4:54 p.m.
After that, the solar will set a couple of minutes earlier day-after-day till early December when it begins to set a little bit later.
Absolutely the earliest sundown that Denver should endure might be at 4:35 p.m., which is able to occur from Dec. 4 to Dec. 11, in response to NOAA.
After that, the solar won’t set after 5 p.m. till January 2024, and it received’t set after 6 p.m. till round March.
