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Why doesn't the South lose daylight in the winter?


This is incredibly unfair. I always suspected the systematic racism South of the Mason-Dixon Line was at the heart of this.


AXIOS NEWS

Many Americans are already seeing lower temps and changing leaves, but all of us are seeing shorter days.


Zoom in: Parts of the northern U.S., including Chicago, will lose more than three hours of daylight between June 20 (the summer solstice) and Sept. 22 (the fall equinox), per NOAA's handy Solar Calculator.


Yikes!

How it works: Northern latitudes lose more daylight in the fall and winter compared to areas closer to the equator as the sun's path through the sky shifts southward.


Worthy of your time: If you struggle with the winter blues, read our colleague Carly Mallenbaum's story on dealing with seasonal affective disorder or seasonal depres

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