Land of the Midnight Sun

And the noontime darkness in winter

Yesterday (May 11 - Monday) in Utqiagvik, Alaska (the northernmost city in the United States), the sun rose above the horizon at 2:57 AM and won’t set again for 84 straight days or until August 2nd! Here’s a look at a picture showing the sun as low as it got Monday morning. Here’s a link to a very cool timelapse of the sun today:

The HIGH temperature at Utqiagvik (formerly called Barrow) Sunday was 15°F and the low temperature was 6°F. They have not been up to 32° (the freezing point) since Oct. 13. They officially gained 1 hour and 10 minutes of daylight Monday vs. Sunday.