Pretty soon the dark days of winter will be nothing but a distant memory as the longest day of 2024 is rapidly approaching.
The longest day of the year, also known as the summer solstice, occurs when the Earth is tilted toward the sun at its most extreme angle.
This year, the summer solstice falls on Thursday, June 20. On this date, cities and towns across the United States could see daylight between 13 to 18 hours.
Here is a look at how much daylight some major U.S. cities will have on the summer solstice:
- Anchorage, Alaska: 19 hours, 23 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 4:20 a.m., apparent sunset: 11:43 p.m.)
- Honolulu, Hawaii: 13 hours, 26 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:50 a.m.; apparent sunset: 7:16 p.m.)
- Seattle, Washington: 16 hours (Apparent sunrise: 5:11 a.m.; apparent sunset: 9:11 p.m.)
- Portland, Oregon: 15 hours, 41 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:22 a.m.; apparent sunset: 9:03 p.m.)
- Los Angeles, California: 14 hours, 26 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:42 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:08 p.m.)
- Salt Lake City, Utah: 15 hours, 11 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:51 a.m.; apparent sunset: 9:02 p.m.)
- Phoenix, Arizona: 14 hours, 22 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:19 a.m.; apparent sunset: 7:41 p.m.)
- Denver, Colorado: 14 hours, 59 minutes(Apparent sunrise: 5:32 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:31 p.m.)
- Bismarck, North Dakota: 15 hours, 52 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:49 a.m.; apparent sunset: 9:41 p.m.)
- Minneapolis, Minnesota: 15 hours, 37 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:26 a.m. apparent sunset: 9:03 p.m.)
- Chicago, Illinois: 15 hours, 13 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:16 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:29 p.m.)
- Detroit, Michigan: 15 hours, 17 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:55 a.m.; apparent sunset: 9:12 p.m.)
- St. Louis, Missouri: 14 hours, 53 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:36 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:29 p.m.)
- Dallas, Texas: 14 hours, 18 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 6:20 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:38 p.m.)
- Raleigh, North Carolina: 14 hours, 35 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:59 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:34 p.m.)
- New Orleans, Louisiana: 14 hours, 4 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 6 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:04 p.m.
- Atlanta, Georgia: 14 hours, 24 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 6:27 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:51 p.m.)
- Miami, Florida: 13 hours, 45 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 6:30 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:15 p.m.)
- Washington, D.C.: 14 hours 54 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:43 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:37 p.m.)
- New York City, New York: 15 hours, 6 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:25 a.m.; apparent sunset: 8:31 p.m.)
- Boston, Massachusetts: 15 hours, 18 minutes (Apparent sunrise: 5:07 a.m.; apparent sunset 8:25 p.m.)
Timeframes were determined by NOAA’s Solar Calculator, which determines when light is visible in the atmosphere before and after the sun actually crosses the horizon.
Click here to see more about the daylight hours in Massachusetts for the summer solstice.
