Alaskans will move their clocks forward an hour on March 8, gaining more daylight in the evenings. The sunrise will shift later, but the state will soon experience longer days as the Vernal Equinox approaches, bringing nearly 12.5 hours of daylight.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The time to ‘spring’ your clocks forward an hour is near, as the time change is set for March 8 at 2:00 a.m. Currently, the sun comes up earlier in the day and sets earlier in the afternoon.
With the time change, the sunrise will roll through an hour later in the morning, but that shift will provide more daylight for the evening.Though Alaskans have only recently gained back their daylight, it’ll only take two to three weeks to see the sunrise at what it was before Daylight Saving Time.Currently, the sunrise in Anchorage is around 7:40 AM with the sunsetting at 6:40 PM. By Sunday, the sunrise will be 8:37 AM with the sunset around 7:44 PM. Vernal Equinox, or Spring Equinox, commences on March 20th, marking the start to the astronomical spring season. By March 20th, most of the state will reach nearly 12 hours and 30 minutes of daylength, with more and more daylight in each passing day.‘Like a jet blasted you in the face’: 85 mph Arctic storm winds trap 150 people at Alaska basketball tournamentSullivan: Alaska experiencing largest military buildup since WWII amid rising Arctic threatsMajor traffic jam on Glenn Highway as snow falls
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