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Winter Solstice: Shortest Day, Long Night
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Winter officially arrives in South Carolina this Sunday, December twenty-first, at ten oh three AM. Despite the sixty-degree temperatures, this seasonal change marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. The Northern Hemisphere is tilted its furthest point away from the sun, resulting in about ten hours of daylight across the state. Charleston will see nine hours, fifty-nine minutes, and twenty-eight seconds of daylight, with sunset around five seventeen PM. Starting on December twenty-second, the days will gradually begin to get longer until the summer solstice in June. As for the winter forecast, the Old Farmers Almanac suggests below-normal temperatures with cold stretches, while the NOAA Climate Prediction Center predicts a milder and drier season with above-average temperatures and below-normal precipitation.
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