Winter solstice – daylight “hump day”

Today is the shortest day of the year – the sun rises at 10:10 am and sets at 3:48 pm. But the winter solstice, the time when our part of the earth is at its maximum tilt away from the sun, occurs at 9:47 PST – 42 minutes from now. Then the days get longer, a few seconds a day to start with, then up to 6 minutes a day eventually. It may be -36 degrees at the moment but Summer is on the way! 🙂