First official day of fall marks big changes
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Michigan Lt. Governor Gilchrist talks nuclear power with ABC57
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Model Elementary School students raise record amount for American...
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Hello Gorgeous is holding an event to celebrate women with cancer
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Week wraps up mostly dry, but rainy Easter weekend in store
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City of South Bend shares plans of ’Madison Lifestyle District’...
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Michigan State Trooper opens fire on suspect in Benton Harbor
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Palisades to restart with $1.5B federal loan
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’Spring into Action for Kids’ at Middlebury Food Pantry
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Fair until Saturday, showers on either side of Easter
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Baby box named after late Congresswoman Jackie Walorski
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County assessor holds town hall in New Carlisle Township
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Mishawaka HS hosts college signing day for student athletes!
Fall is officially almost here, perfectly timed out as cooler weather becomes more prominent in the forecast. We talk about meteorological fall and official fall. Here is the difference. Meteorological fall started on September 1st and is based off of climate trends. Official fall marks the autumnal equinox. The equinox is on Saturday, and at 9:56 pm, the sun's strongest rays will shine south of the equator for the first time since the spring equinox.
This means that the sun will be lower and lower in our sky through December 21st, and because of that, our days are becoming drastically shorter.
Currently we are losing about two minutes and forty-five seconds per day. This rate will slow down as we head closer to December 21st, which is the winter solstice. Still, we lose over one hour just within the next month, and three hours of daylight by December 21st. With the days getting shorter, this means there is less daylight to heat us up, and therefore cooler temperatures, which is exactly what we have in the forecast.