Thursday 3 July 2008

Chicago Sunrise Chart

It's time for the semi-annual update of the Chicago sunrise chart. (You can get one for your own location at http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx.)

Date	Significance	Sunrise	Sunset	Daylight
2008
2 Jul	8:30pm sunset	05:20	20:30	15:09
16 Jul	5:30am sunrise	05:30	20:24	14:55
8 Aug	8pm sunset	05:52	20:00	14:08
16 Aug	6am sunrise	06:00	19:49	13:48
28 Aug	7:30pm sunset	06:13	19:30	13:17
15 Sep	6:30am sunrise; 7pm sunset	06:30	19:00	12:29
22 Sep	Equinox, 10:44 CDT	06:39	18:48	12:08
25 Sep	12-hour day	06:42	18:42	12:00
2 Oct	6:30pm sunset	06:49	18:30	11:40
12 Oct	7am sunrise	07:00	18:14	11:13
21 Oct	6pm sunset	07:11	18:00	10:48
1 Nov	Latest sunrise of the year Latest sunset until Mar 5th	07:24	17:45	10:20
2 Nov	Standard time returns Earliest sunrise until Mar 2nd	06:25	16:43	10:18
6 Nov	6:30am sunrise (again)	06:30	16:39	10:08
15 Nov	4:30pm sunset	06:41	16:30	9:48
2 Dec	7am sunrise	07:01	16:20	9:19
8 Dec	Earliest sunset of the year	07:06	16:20	9:13
21 Dec	Solstice, 06:04 CST	07:16	16:23	9:07
2009
3 Jan	Latest sunrise until Oct. 29th	07:19	16:33	9:14
27 Jan	5pm sunset	07:08	17:00	9:52
4 Feb	7am sunrise	07:00	17:10	10:10
20 Feb	5:30pm sunset	06:39	17:30	10:51
26 Feb	6:30am sunrise	06:30	17:38	11:08
7 Mar	Earliest sunrise until April 12th Earliest sunset until Oct. 25th	06:16	17:49	11:32
8 Mar	Daylight savings time begins Latest sunrise until Oct. 25th	07:14	18:50	11:35
17 Mar	7am sunrise, 7pm sunset 12-hour day	06:59	19:00	12:01
20 Mar	Equinox 06:44 CDT	06:54	19:04	12:09
3 Apr	6:30am sunrise (again)	06:30	19:19	12:49
13 Apr	7:30pm sunset	06:13	19:30	13:16
22 Apr	6am sunrise	05:59	19:40	13:40
10 May	8pm sunset	05:36	20:00	14:24
15 May	5:30am sunrise	05:30	20:05	14:34
14 Jun	Earliest sunrise of the year	05:15	20:28	15:13
21 Jun	Solstice 00:45 CDT 8:30pm sunset	05:16	20:30	15:14
26 Jun	Latest sunset of the year	05:17	20:31	15:13