Today, December 21st marks the Winter Solstice – the first day of the winter and the shortest day of the year for daylight hours. The Sun was up this morning just before 7 and will settle back below the horizon around 4:47, giving us about 10 hours of daylight to get all those holiday plans done while the sun is up.
Compared to last year, the weather, wind and cold feel mild – and the often-referred to bringer of rain EL NINO has yet to deliver for the hi desert.
The winter solstice typically means end of year celebrations for many cultures – including the different holidays we celebrate here in America. But for winter-challenged people like myself the winter solstice means one thing – the longer daylight hours are slowly returning as we head toward spring and March 10th, when our clocks will spring forward.
Until then, it could be a wild and wooly winter – here are a few things to take care as winter starts to ramp up:
