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Map of the United States colored by the clock time of each place's earliest sunset in winter 2026–27, from about 3:40 pm in northern Maine to about 6 pm in West Texas, with dashed lines showing that the date runs from late November in the south to mid-December in the north.

New York City’s earliest sunset this winter comes at 4:28 pm, and it arrives around December 8. By the winter solstice on December 21, sunset has already slipped to about 4:32. On New Year’s Day it comes at 4:39. That pattern holds across the country. The shortest day and the […]

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The Earliest Sunset In The United States

County map of the United States, with Alaska and Hawaii as insets, colored by the month with the highest average precipitation, 1991–2020. Blues and teals for November through February cover the Pacific coast and much of Nevada, greens for May cover the southern Plains, golds for June cover the northern Plains and upper Midwest, oranges and reds for July and August cover Arizona and New Mexico, and diagonal stripes in a second color mark close-call counties, showing the runner-up month, especially across the East. Alaska is mostly reds, maroons and purples for August through October, and Hawaii is olive green for March.

Which month brings the most rain where you live? A county map of the wettest month of the year across the US, from 1991–2020 NOAA data.

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The Wettest Month in Every US County

Hexagon map of the lower 48 states shaded from pale gold to deep navy by the share of tornadoes that touched down at night from 1950 to 2022, darkest across Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Kentucky and Missouri, with smaller hexagons where fewer tornadoes were recorded.

A map of 68,000 US tornadoes since 1950 shows where they hit after sunset. In Dixie Alley, nearly half arrive in the dark.

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Tornadoes After Dark: Where They Strike at Night