As December progresses, TexasThe entire United States and the Northern Hemisphere are preparing for the arrival of the winter. Along with the start of the season, the shortest day of 2025. The phenomenon that occurs on these dates is this Solsticewhich takes place twice a year and marks the start of both the winter season in December and the summer season in June.
Take as a reference Dallasit will be on December 21st nine hours, 59 minutes and 30 seconds of sunlight. This happens when the sun rises at 7:25 p.m. and sets at 5:25 p.m.
From there, Gradually the days become longer until they peak on June 21, 2026 with the arrival of summer. At this time, the city of Dallas will have 14 hours, 18 minutes and 45 seconds of sunshine.
Aside from some differences between locations in the length of sunlight, the date is the same throughout Texas.
Accordingly The Old Farmer’s AlmanacHe Solstice It occurs when one of the Earth’s poles is tilted more towards the Sun and it is directly above one of the poles Tropics.
This is what happens twice a year:In Junewhen the star is above the Tropic of Cancer in it northern hemisphereand in Decemberif he does it on that Tropic of Capricorn in it southern hemisphere.
In Texas and around the world, The winter solstice marks the shortest days and the longest nightswhile in summer the opposite is true.
The state will have its shortest day December 21stwhen this winter phenomenon occurs in the hemisphere.
The beginning of the seasons is marked by the Solstices for winter and summer and the Equinox for autumn and spring. With this in mind, the winter season begins in Texas December 21st at 9:03 am of the center, because then the phenomenon will occur.
Although colloquially it is the most common interpretation, there are also such another look that says winter has already begun. These are the differences:
In this sense, according to this last view, Winter would have started in Texas on December 1st and would extend until March 1st.
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