Seattle finally experiences first 5 p.m. sunset of 2023

A man watches the Sunset from downtown Seattle on November 19, 2019. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

(Photo by ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images)

Eighty-one days have passed since Seattle saw a sunset at or later than 5 p.m., but that streak ended Thursday evening.

The sun officially set at 5:01 p.m. tonight, and you can expect even more post 5 p.m. sunsets for the foreseeable future.

Each day, Seattle gains approximately 2.5 minutes of daylight. This will continue until mid-March, when Seattle gains 3.5 minutes of sunlight per day through June 21 — the day Seattle has nearly

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