A group of people in the early morning of the summer solstice in Wiltshire, England. The northern hemisphere celebrates the summer solstice as the longest day and shortest night of the year.

Although temperatures have been dropping for weeks, winter doesn’t officially begin until Saturday. Here’s what to know about the winter solstice, the astronomical start to the snowy season and the ...

Days will become ´shorter´ from now on… this means less daylight. If you like the ´longer days,´ then your excitement will diminish every day, little by little. To be exact, you will lose between 1 ...

Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 2, the first Sunday of November. Clocks will be set back one hour, making sunrise and sunset each an hour earlier.

Every October 31, the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain marks the midpoint between the autumn equinox and the winter ...

Summer solstice returns with peak sunshine throughout the Northern Hemisphere. On the day of the summer solstice, the sun appears at its highest elevation. WASHINGTON, D.C. - Summer solstice is the ...

Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It’s ...