Here's the semi-annual
Chicago sunrise chart
.
(You can get one for your own location at
http://www.wx-now.com/Sunrise/SunriseChart.aspx
.)
Sunrises are just starting to get earlier, but today's (7:18 CST) is only a few seconds earlier than the latest sunrise of the year on January 3rd. Even though the sunrise times creep earlier by seconds every day, sunsets start to get noticeably later: 16:39 today, 7 minutes later in a week, 25 minutes later in three weeks. January is cold and dark, but (on average) a few degrees warmer and 48 minutes longer when it ends than when it begins.
Date
|
Significance
|
Sunrise
|
Sunset
|
Daylight
|
2014
|
3 Jan
|
Latest sunrise until Oct 29th
|
07:19
|
16:33
|
9:13
|
27 Jan
|
5pm sunset
|
07:08
|
17:00
|
9:51
|
4 Feb
|
7am sunrise
|
07:00
|
17:10
|
10:10
|
20 Feb
|
5:30pm sunset
|
06:40
|
17:30
|
10:50
|
27 Feb
|
6:30am sunrise
|
06:29
|
17:39
|
11:10
|
8 Mar
|
Earliest sunrise until Apr 13th
Earliest sunset until Oct 29th
|
06:15
|
17:50
|
11:35
|
9 Mar
|
Daylight savings time begins
Latest sunrise until Oct 24th
Earliest sunset until Sep 21st
|
07:13
|
18:51
|
11:38
|
17 Mar
|
7am sunrise, 7pm sunset
12-hour day
|
06:59
|
19:00
|
12:00
|
20 Mar
|
Equinox
11:57 CDT
|
06:54
|
19:03
|
12:09
|
3 Apr
|
6:30am sunrise (again)
|
06:30
|
19:19
|
12:48
|
13 Apr
|
7:30pm sunset
|
06:13
|
19:30
|
13:16
|
22 Apr
|
6am sunrise
|
06:00
|
19:39
|
13:39
|
11 May
|
8pm sunset
|
05:35
|
20:00
|
14:25
|
16 May
|
5:30am sunrise
|
05:30
|
20:06
|
14:36
|
14 Jun
|
Earliest sunrise of the year
|
05:15
|
20:28
|
15:12
|
20 Jun
|
Solstice
18:09 CDT
8:30pm sunset
|
05:16
|
20:30
|
15:14
|
27 Jun
|
Latest sunset of the year
|
05:18
|
20:31
|
15:12
|
2 Jul
|
8:30pm sunset
|
05:20
|
20:30
|
15:10
|
16 Jul
|
5:30am sunrise
|
05:30
|
20:24
|
14:54
|
9 Aug
|
8pm sunset
|
05:53
|
19:59
|
14:06
|
16 Aug
|
6am sunrise
|
06:00
|
19:50
|
13:50
|
29 Aug
|
7:30pm sunset
|
06:13
|
19:30
|
13:16
|
14 Sep
|
6:30am sunrise
|
06:30
|
19:02
|
12:32
|
15 Sep
|
7pm sunset
|
06:31
|
19:00
|
12:22
|
22 Sep
|
Equinox
,
21:29 CDT
|
06:38
|
18:48
|
12:10
|
25 Sep
|
12-hour day
|
06:42
|
18:43
|
12:01
|
3 Oct
|
6:30pm sunset
|
06:50
|
18:29
|
11:39
|
12 Oct
|
7am sunrise
|
07:00
|
18:14
|
11:14
|
21 Oct
|
6pm sunset
|
07:10
|
18:00
|
10:50
|
1 Nov
|
Latest sunrise until 1 Nov 2016
Latest sunset until Mar 5th
|
07:24
|
17:45
|
10:21
|
2 Nov
|
Standard time returns
Earliest sunrise until Mar 2nd
|
06:25
|
16:44
|
10:19
|
6 Nov
|
6:30 sunrise
|
06:30
|
16:39
|
10:09
|
15 Nov
|
4:30pm sunset
|
06:41
|
16:30
|
9:49
|
2 Dec
|
7am sunrise
|
07:00
|
16:21
|
9:20
|
8 Dec
|
Earliest sunset of the year
|
07:06
|
16:20
|
9:13
|
21 Dec
|
Solstice
,
17:03 CST
|
07:15
|
16:23
|
9:07
|
You can
get sunrise information
for your location
at wx-now.com.