If you live in southern Ontario, the number of daylight hours will increase in March by about an hour and a half. Great news for those tired of the long winter we've had. Further north, the increase will be even greater. To the south, however, the increase becomes less - to essentially zero at the Equator where day and night are each 12 hours long all year.
To give you an idea of how the increase in daylight hours in March varies with latitude, the following is a summary in 5° latitude intervals. The cities listed serve as an approximate guide.
- 60°N - 2h 44m - Seward AK, north limit of BC, AB, SK and MB, mid-Hudson Bay
- 55°N - 2h 15m - Ketchikan AK, north end of James Bay, Schefferville QC
- 50°N - 1h 52m - Kelowna BC, Medicine Hat AB, Winnipeg MB, Sept-Iles QC
- 45°N - 1h 34m - Yellowstone Park WY, Minneapolis MN, Bracebridge ON, Bangor ME
- 40°N - 1h 19m - Boulder CO, Columbus OH, Philadelphia PA
- 35°N - 1h 06m - Edwards AFB CA, Albuquerque NM, Memphis TN, Charlotte NC
- 30°N - 0h 54m - Houston TX, New Orleans LA, Jacksonville FL
- 25°N - 0h 44m - Key Largo FL
It does not matter where you are east-west; longitude is not a factor. Enjoy
Cheers, Ralph
