How many hours of daylight are there in Alaska?

Answer 1

Depends on where you are in the state. It varies quite a bit, but if you look up the newspapers for the city you're interested in, usually they'll tell you how much daylight there is that day in the weather sections. Today, 7/3/08 in Anchorage for example, the sun rises at 4:31 AM and sets at 11:37 PM.

Answer 2

This depends on the location chosen within the state, and the latitude of the location, especially those north of the Arctic Circle, which will experience days with no daylight and days of continuous daylight.

Alaska is very large and covers a great range of latitude, so the answer varies (a lot) depending on what point of reference you use. If, to make it most interesting, you are in the town of Barrow, Alaska (the northernmost city in Alaska), starting around May 11 or 12, the sun does not set and remains above the horizon until around July 31 or August 1. That is a period of 82 or 83 days; less than three months.

If you mean any daylight at all, then the sun sets around November 18 or 19 and remains below the horizon for about 65 days. In that case, the answer is that for only ten months out of the year does Barrow, Alaska, have any daylight at all.

Answer 3

In December, Alaska exhibits about 5 to 6 hours of daylight. In January, Alaska exhibits about 6 to 7 hours of daylight.

Answer 4

I believe it's 18 hours of daylight.