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Chicago sunrises, 2016

Here's the semi-annual Chicago sunrise chart. I'm posting it as a regular post in addition to posting it as a permanent page, to maintain deep-linking archiving. The previous post was here.

In just a few hours we'll see the latest sunrise of winter, until the days just before the change back to Standard Time in November. That will bring us something really rare: the latest sunrise in Chicago until November 2027, at 7:29am on November 6th. Thank leap years and orbital eccentricity for that. This statement holds true in all parts of the U.S. and Canada that observe daylight saving time until the first Sunday in November. The worst place to be that morning will be in the U.P. of Michigan, where the sun won't rise until after 8:30am. That's almost British.

Date Significance Sunrise Sunset Daylight
2016
4 Jan Latest sunrise until Oct 28th 07:19 16:33 9:13
28 Jan 5pm sunset 07:08 17:01 9:52
5 Feb 7am sunrise 07:00 17:11 10:10
20 Feb 5:30pm sunset 06:40 17:30 10:49
27 Feb 6:30am sunrise 06:30 17:39 11:08
12 Mar Earliest sunrise until Apr 17th
Earliest sunset until Oct 24th
06:07 17:55 11:47
13 Mar Daylight saving time begins
Latest sunrise until Oct 16th
Earliest sunset until Sep 18th
07:05 18:56 11:50
16 Mar 7am sunrise, 7pm sunset
12-hour day
07:00 19:00 11:59
19 Mar Equinox 23:30 CDT 06:54 19:03 12:08
3 Apr 6:30am sunrise (again) 06:30 19:20 12:50
12 Apr 7:30pm sunset 06:15 19:30 13:15
22 Apr 6am sunrise 05:59 19:41 13:41
10 May 8pm sunset 05:35 20:00 14:24
15 May 5:30am sunrise 05:30 20:05 14:35
14 Jun Earliest sunrise of the year 05:15 20:28 15:13
20 Jun Solstice 17:34 CDT
8:30pm sunset
05:16 20:30 15:14
26 Jun Latest sunset of the year 05:17 20:31 15:13
3 Jul 8:30pm sunset 05:21 20:30 15:09
16 Jul 5:30am sunrise 05:30 20:24 14:54
8 Aug 8pm sunset 05:52 20:00 14:08
16 Aug 6am sunrise 06:00 19:50 13:50
29 Aug 7:30pm sunset 06:14 19:29 13:14
14 Sep 6:30am sunrise 06:30 19:03 12:32
15 Sep 7pm sunset 06:32 19:00 12:28
22 Sep Equinox, 9:21 CDT 06:39 18:48 12:08
25 Sep 12-hour day 06:42 18:42 12:00
2 Oct 6:30pm sunset 06:50 18:30 11:40
11 Oct 7am sunrise 07:00 18:15 11:15
21 Oct 6pm sunset 07:11 18:00 10:48
5 Nov Latest sunrise until 6 Nov 2027 (!)
Latest sunset until Feb 27th
07:29 17:40 10:10
6 Nov Standard time returns
Earliest sunrise until Feb 26th
6:30am sunrise
06:30 16:38 10:08
15 Nov 4:30pm sunset 06:42 16:30 9:48
1 Dec 7am sunrise 07:00 16:21 9:20
7 Dec Earliest sunset of the year 07:06 16:20 9:14
21 Dec Solstice, 04:44 CST 07:16 16:23 9:07

You can get sunrise information for your location at wx-now.com.

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