Shortest Day Of 2024

Shortest Day Of 2024. This is the shortest day of the year with the fewest hours of daylight. A december solstice on the 23rd is once in a hundred years occurrence, and a december 20 solstice is even rarer.

North of the equator, it is the december solstice. On average, winter lasts 89 days in the northern hemisphere and 93 days in the southern hemisphere.