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Index of Subjects Thanks Peter, Â Â Â Â One down and two to go. These 20 degree wind chills get tedious. DW On 1/20/2020 9:58 AM, Peter Payzant wrote: > If we take the time of the autumn solstice as marking the start of > Winter, and the time of the spring equinox as marking the end of > Winter, a few minutes on a spreadsheet can yield some pointless but > cheering dates. > > The autumn solstice last year was December the 22nd at 04:19 (UTC). > The spring equinox this year will be on March 20 at 03:50 (UTC). > > From these we can calculate that winter (defined this way) will be > almost exactly 89 days long this year. We also get > > Winter 1/3 over: January 20 at 2009 UTC, or 4:09 pm AST. > > Winter 1/2 over: February 4 at 1604 UTC, or 12:04 pm AST > > Winter 2/3 over: February 19 at 1034 UTC, 6:34 am AST > > Anyway, some time this afternoon, winter will be 1/3 over. > > --- Peter Payzant > >
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