Montreal joins the late-sunset club as summer nears
Welcome to the club, Montreal. The major Quebec city joins a growing list of other major Canadian cities that have started seeing sunsets after 8 p.m. this spring
A new milestone will be reached for Montreal, Que., ahead of the summer.
While several major Canadian cities have enjoyed the 8 p.m. or later sunsets, Montreal will soon be added to the list.
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With the up-and-down spring Eastern Canada is experiencing this year, any news that we're approaching summer is welcome. The days continue to get longer and the sunsets are getting later and later. Specifically, southern Quebec is currently gaining approximately 2 minutes and 45 seconds of daylight per day.
The Capitale-Nationale Region will see its first sunset after 8 p.m. on May 5. For the eastern part of the province, you'll have to wait a little longer for the first sunset after 8 p.m., set for May 21 in Gaspé.
Western Canada will also make some daylight milestones soon, too. Calgary, Alta., will be clocking sunsets after 9 p.m. on May 2, and Winnipeg, Man., on May 10.
Edmonton. Alta., has already passed its 9 p.m. threshold back on April 28. Vancouver, B.C., will see the sunset after 8:30 p.m. on May 2, and after 9 p.m. on the 23rd. The East Coast will have to wait until June for a 9 p.m. or later sunset, with Halifax, N.S., reaching that on June 12.
March remains the calendar month with the highest gain in daylight for most of Canada. May will continue to see daylight hours grow until the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
Editor’s note: This article has been translated from French to English for The Weather Network, originally published by MétéoMedia. Read the original article, here.
It contains files from Rachel Modestino, a meteorologist at The Weather Network.