Evenings are already getting longer!

Mothman

I struggle to put any argument for this today as it is so dull, but sunset is now getting later, despite the shortest day nearly a week away.

Here are the sunset/sunrise daylength hours for Ashford
10th 16:08 08:26 7:41
11th 16:08 08:27 7:40
12th 16:07 08:28 7:39
13th 16:07 08:29 7:38
14th 16:07 08:30 7:37
15th 16:07 08:31 7:36
16th 16:08 08:32 7:35
17th 16:08 08:33 7:35
18th 16:08 08:34 7:34
19th 16:08 08:34 7:34
20th 16:09 08:35 7:34
21st 16:09 08:36 7:33
22nd 16:09 08:36 7:33
23rd 16:10 08:36 7:34
24th 16:11 08:36 7:34
25th 16:11 08:37 7:34

31st 16:16 08:38 7:38

In fact its nearly the new year before the mornings start getting earlier

As the figures are rounded to nearest minute, some of the above calculations are out by a minute.

Weather BOFH

I'd noticed this before when writing a PHP script to calculate sunset/sunrise.

Excellent, but long explanation here.