It was just a few weeks ago where we still had light in the sky at 9 pm. 

What You Need To Know


  • We lose about seven minutes of daylight each week

  • This is caused by the Earth's tilt and orbit around the sun
  • Make the most of these bright summer evenings while we have them


Summer nights are usually remembered with warm air, lightning bugs, and spending time outside in the evenings. Thanks to the tilt of the Earth--and our rotation around the sun--we get the benefit of evening sunshine in the summer.



As many know, we get the most daylight hours of the year right around the official start of summer: June 21st. In Wisconsin, most of the state picks up nearly 15 hours and 25 minutes of light on that day.


Of course, we're now halfway through the month of July. And if you haven't noticed, we've been slowly losing daylight each night. The sun has been setting a little sooner, as well as rising a little later.

Over the coming weeks, the sun will continue to set earlier and earlier. By the time we get to the mid point of August, the sun will be setting before 8 pm! Compare that to our 8:35 pm - 8:45 pm sunsets in June. Wow.

Let's take a look at sunset times over the next few weeks:


I know, some will say: "Well, that's a little disappointing!". I will agree!

My advice is to make the most of the daylight that we do have over the next couple of weeks. Winter is only five months away, and by then, the sun will be setting around 4 pm and we'll have just nine hours of total daylight!