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(Iowa) -- While it may not be obvious, Iowa is gaining a little more sunlight each day following the winter solstice.
“We’re looking at around 9 hours and 15 minutes of daylight here at the beginning of January,” said Brooke Hagenhoff, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. “As we go through the month, we gain about one to two minutes of sunlight every day. By the end of January, we’ll have roughly 10 hours and 2 minutes of daylight.”
On the winter solstice, the darkest day of the year, the state saw just 9 hours and 9 minutes of daylight.
“Maybe by the end of the month you’ll notice, ‘Hey, it’s a little bit brighter at this time of day,’” Hagenhoff added.