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Lowest solstice sunset by state

Sunset time on the solstices.

This measure has no better end. The order describes the states, it does not rank them — see the other direction.

Modelled local clock time for sunset at the county’s population-weighted center on December 21 and June 21. It combines the solar position with the county’s legal time zone and current daylight-saving rule, so west-facing parts of a time zone tend to show later sunsets. It is a normal horizon calculation, not a forecast: mountains, buildings, terrain and the exact year’s solstice can change when the sun is actually visible. State figures are population-weighted county clock times; states spanning time zones are therefore a useful broad summary, not a single statewide sunset.

  1. 1Alaska3:33 PM
  2. 2Maine4:03 PM
  3. 3New Hampshire4:13 PM
  4. 4Vermont4:15 PM
  5. 5Massachusetts4:16 PM
  6. 6Rhode Island4:18 PM
  7. 7Washington4:18 PM
  8. 8Wisconsin4:22 PM
  9. 9Connecticut4:25 PM
  10. 10Illinois4:27 PM
  11. 11Nevada4:31 PM
  12. 12New York4:31 PM
  13. 13Oregon4:32 PM
  14. 14New Jersey4:34 PM
  15. 15Minnesota4:34 PM
  16. 16Wyoming4:37 PM
  17. 17Montana4:40 PM
  18. 18Colorado4:40 PM
  19. 19Delaware4:42 PM
  20. 20Iowa4:44 PM
  21. 21Alabama4:44 PM
  22. 22North Dakota4:44 PM
  23. 23Pennsylvania4:44 PM
  24. 24South Dakota4:44 PM
  25. 25Maryland4:47 PM
  26. 26California4:48 PM
  27. 27District of Columbia4:49 PM
  28. 28Missouri4:51 PM
  29. 29Idaho4:53 PM
  30. 30Virginia4:55 PM
  31. 31Tennessee4:55 PM
  32. 32Mississippi4:56 PM
  33. 33New Mexico4:58 PM
  34. 34Nebraska5:00 PM
  35. 35Arkansas5:02 PM
  36. 36West Virginia5:04 PM
  37. 37Utah5:04 PM
  38. 38Michigan5:05 PM
  39. 39Ohio5:07 PM
  40. 40Kansas5:08 PM
  41. 41Louisiana5:08 PM
  42. 42North Carolina5:09 PM
  43. 43Kentucky5:11 PM
  44. 44Indiana5:12 PM
  45. 45Oklahoma5:18 PM
  46. 46South Carolina5:18 PM
  47. 47Arizona5:24 PM
  48. 48Texas5:30 PM
  49. 49Georgia5:32 PM
  50. 50Florida5:33 PM
  51. 51Hawaii5:53 PM
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Source: Computed from NOAA solar-position formula, DOT/BTS time zones, and IANA tzdata. · How this is built