Summertime NOT The Longest Day
By Anna
@LadyDuck (472004)
Switzerland
June 21, 2018 1:10am CST
Today, June 21st, is the summer solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere, Summer starts today.
It's not the "longest day" as some believe. All the days of the year last 24 hours. This is the day with the longest daylight.
Those are the cities, around the world, that today, have the longest daylight :
- Baltic States (North of Europe) Rovaniemi 24 hours
(they have no night today, the famous midnight sun!)
- Europe Edinburgh (UK) 17 hours 36 minutes
- Africa: Cairo (Ehypt) 14 hours 04 minutes
- United States Fairbanks (Alaska) 21 hours 49 minutes
- Asia and Oceania Provideniya (Russia) 21 hours 23 minutes
As you can see, the northern you go, the longer the day lasts.
In the southern hemisphere, they have the longest night time.
Are you going to celebrate the beginning of summer?
Time to spend more time outdoors.
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74 responses
@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
21 Jun 18
@ridingbet It is the LANDS of midnight sun, because it's more than one country. The Lands of midnight sun are : Norway, Iceland, Sweden, Russia, Finland, Alaska, Greenland, Northern Norway.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
@LadyDuck isn't it there is a place called "land of the midnight sun"?
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@allknowing (137591)
• India
21 Jun 18
Longest day light is the right expression. There are so many such blunders have gone down through centuries. When India got Independence This is what Nehru said in his speech
"At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom" Time zones say otherwise
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@allknowing (137591)
• India
21 Jun 18
@LadyDuck It indeed was strong speech. But I realised it on my own and no one else
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
21 Jun 18
@allknowing People not often stop and think, it is a shame.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Jun 18
It is already like summer here.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
21 Jun 18
Ohh ! That's interesting! I have never know about this.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
21 Jun 18
@Jessabuma Very little difference all the year round.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
21 Jun 18
@LadyDuck yes I think there's no difference
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
24 Jun 18
wish i could be out more. just don't have the energy or breathe. sometimes i feel like i am just a vegetable lying around
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
25 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Thanks sweetie. seems like such a long summer already . can't decide which is worse here any more. i am so messed up, every season feels bad. guess i am never happy
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
26 Jun 18
@bunnybon7 For the moment we are lucky, it's not too hot. I do not care if people complain that they cannot use their pools, I hate hot temperature.
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@crossbones27 (49703)
• Mojave, California
21 Jun 18
Boy, you went all technical. Its cool. I only speak in slang, so how we became friends, not sure, but sure is fun. Nice when everyone is themselves and not trying to be someone they are not and have the freedom to feel comfortable to be themselves. It makes life so much better and I always found it interesting this time of year. A lot of sun or darkness and it really does effect people's mood, behavior because sun is good like that. We are all made out of star dust and can get really interesting as to why you think the sun being up so long makes you more cheery or gives you more energy. Its neat to think about because we connected that blinding piece of heat.
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@crossbones27 (49703)
• Mojave, California
21 Jun 18
@LadyDuck OK, will leave it at that then, get that part but thought most knew that. Big difference is when sun is here and when its not. Think you can admit that.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
21 Jun 18
You know, we say wrong things during all our life and this become normal to say "the longest day". This is ridiculous and not true. There are no days in one year that are longer or shorter. There are days with more hours of daylight, this is the one that has more.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
21 Jun 18
@crossbones27 Of course it makes a difference, but we cannot say "longest day". I remember when my niece was young and asked me "should we do something with our watches? How many hours does it last?". This proves that kids are sometimes more intelligent than adults.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
22 Jun 18
When its hot out, the day seems to go by slower for me. But yes, time to spend more time outdoors!! 
Happy Summer. 
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
25 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Thank you. Today was a little warm , but there was still wind so that was nice. :) Have a good day!
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
25 Jun 18
@infatuatedbby It is still breezy and not too hot here too, I hope it lasts.
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@moffittjc (121659)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jun 18
It's too hot and humid outside to enjoy the longest day of sunlight (you've been to Florida, you know what I mean)! So, instead, I spent the day inside in the nice cold air conditioning! haha
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
29 Jun 18
@moffittjc This is what I loved of your state. With the daylight saving time, it stays daylight until past 10 pm now. I go to sleep and it's not even dark.
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@moffittjc (121659)
• Gainesville, Florida
29 Jun 18
@LadyDuck In the summertime it will stay daylight until around 9 PM. But you are correct, there is not much difference in our amount of daylight from one season to the next.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
21 Jun 18
Hi Anna. Here it is rainy season but we still experience hot days. Summers here give us scorching heat and we feel like the day is so long that the heat is never ending.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
21 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 In the southern hemisphere, today, they have the shortest day light.
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@mlgen1037 (29886)
• Manila, Philippines
21 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Yes, that is right. I wish that we is not that hot really.
And I just really understood the longest day/night just now. Thank you, Anna.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
24 Jun 18
It is strange and wonderful to still have some daylight past 9 PM. 
We have to enjoy it as it will not last long.
We have to enjoy it as it will not last long.2 people like this
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
24 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Ah, the changing seasons! If only we did not have the extreme heat and cold.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
24 Jun 18
@1hopefulman I would love to have a Spring and Autumn temperature during all the year. I cannot stand extreme heat and I hate cold.
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@vandana7 (100540)
• India
21 Jun 18
The longest day I suffer is when people who bore me or annoy me or whose company I dislike are around me...what has sunlight gotta do with it, I don't really know. Kidding.
Aw...no night? Blink...no ghosts no vampires...no place for vanny.
I think east or west, India is the best.
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@caopaopao (12395)
• China
21 Jun 18
@LadyDuck Polar night and polar day at the poles of the earth. Amazing natural phenomena.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
21 Jun 18
@caopaopao You are right, those are special places, but very few humans live there.
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@Juliaacv (51485)
• Canada
21 Jun 18
I always knew that this day had the most hours of daylight in it, but sometimes people refer to it as the longest day. Its just like the first day of winter is the shortest day of the year, not in hours, but in sunlight time during that day.
Happy first day of summer!!
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
21 Jun 18
oh, now i get it. June 21st should be referred to as "the longest daylight" and not longest day.
time to disprove the misconception taught to me when i was in my school years.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jun 18
@LadyDuck so, if i live near a shore, i can easily record the time the sun rises and sets, and that will be counted as the longest daylight. i will try to record it tomorrow.probably i have to be up at 4:30AM because the sun starts to peep before 5AM.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
22 Jun 18
@LadyDuck thank you. i think one mobile phone that my brother gave me has the weather app, and it shows the sunrise and sunset of a particular country.
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