It’s Always Darkest Before the Dawn Daylight Savings
You could make a case — and I would — that this is the darkest week of the year in the Twin Cities.
That’s because, if you get up at 6:30 a.m. or so with a couple school age kids, it’s not light for another hour and a half (sunrise today is 7:48 a.m. — not that you can tell with the thick fog).
Starting Sunday, after daylight savings goes into effect, that lag shrinks to 30 minutes or so.
Slouching Towards the Solstice
At least for awhile.
As the days continue to grow shorter approaching the winter solstice (Dec. 21), that increment widens again.
But, even though December 21 has less light than, say, October 30, at this latitude, there’s usually snow on the ground by then.
Result?
Everything’s (newly) white and reflective vs. brown and dreary.
P.S.: One more reason late October feels darker than late December: you’re not used to it yet.
Just as people acclimate to cold weather — trust me, you do — people adapt to shortening days.
By December, that adjustment is further along than now.
