Milwaukee won't see another sunset after 8 p.m. until May 2025

From JSOnline:

Claire Reid

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Although we have more than a month left of summer, the days are already getting shorter.

In fact, Milwaukee saw its last 8 p.m. sunset of the year on Saturday. The city won't see another sunset at or after 8 p.m. until May 8, 2025, according to TimeandDate.com's sunrise and sunset calculator.

So, what will Milwaukee's sunset times look like for the rest of the year? And how many hours of daylight will we see each month? Here's what to know.

How many hours of daylight are there each month?

Here is when the sun rises and sets on the first of each month in Milwaukee:

• Aug. 1, 2024: Sunrise at 5:43 a.m., sunset at 8:12 p.m. (14 hours, 29 minutes of daylight)
• Sept. 1, 2024: Sunrise at 6:16 a.m., sunset at 7:25 p.m. (13 hours, 8 minutes of daylight)
• Oct. 1, 2024: Sunrise at 6:49 a.m., sunset at 6:31 p.m. (11 hours, 42 minutes of daylight)
• Nov. 1, 2024: Sunrise at 7:27 a.m., sunset at 5:42 p.m. (10 hours, 15 minutes of daylight)
• Dec. 1, 2024: Sunrise at 7:03 a.m., sunset at 4:17 p.m. (9 hours, 13 minutes of daylight)
• Dec. 21, 2024 (shortest day of the year): Sunrise at 7:20 a.m., sunset at 4:20 p.m. (9 hours of daylight)
• Jan. 1, 2025: Sunrise at 7:23 a.m., sunset at 4:27 p.m. (9 hours, 4 minutes of daylight)
• Feb. 1, 2025: Sunrise at 7:06 a.m., sunset at 5:04 p.m. (9 hours, 58 minutes of daylight)
• March 1, 2025: Sunrise at 6:27 a.m., sunset at 5:41 p.m. (11 hours, 14 minutes of daylight)
• April 1, 2025: Sunrise at 6:33 a.m., sunset at 7:18 p.m. (12 hours, 45 minutes of daylight)
• May 1, 2025: Sunrise at 5:44 a.m., sunset at 7:53 p.m. (14 hours, 8 minutes of daylight)
• June 1, 2025: Sunrise at 5:15 a.m., sunset at 8:24 p.m. (15 hours, 9 minutes of daylight)
• June 21, 2025 (longest day of the year): Sunrise at 5:12 a.m., sunset at 8:34 p.m. (15 hours, 21 minutes of daylight)
• July 1, 2025: Sunrise at 5:16 a.m., sunset at 8:34 p.m. (15 hours, 18 minutes of daylight)

When does Daylight Saving Time start and end in Milwaukee?

Daylight Saving Time, the period between March and November when most Americans adjust their clocks forward one hour, ends on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. At 2 a.m. on Nov. 3, Americans will gain an extra hour of sleep. However, the sun will set more than an hour earlier.

On Nov. 2, the sun will rise at 7:28 a.m. and set at 5:41 p.m. in Milwaukee. On Nov. 3, it will rise at 6:29 a.m. and set at 4:40 p.m.

Daylight Saving Time will return on Sunday, March 9, 2025, shifting the sunset time from 5:50 p.m. on March 8 to 6:51 p.m. on March 9.

From: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2024/08/12/when-does-the-sun-set-in-milwaukee-daylight-saving-time-daylight-hours/74766379007/

Switching between regular time and Daylight Saving Time is idiotic.  Leave the clocks the way that they are now.