How Brutal The Winter Sunsets in Maine Would Be Without Daylight Savings

It just happened again.

People throughout the country, including Maine, rolled their clocks back once again. The bi-annual tradition of Daylight Savings time is something that most people in the nation have seemed to grow tired of.

There continues to be serious talk about eliminating the Daylight Savings practice all together and just rolling with the punches on sunrises and sunsets across the many time zones that exist in America.

But would that really be a good thing for Maine? It depends on how much you value sunlight and your sleep.

Maine Would See Sunrises in the 3am Hour Without Daylight Savings

According to the Washington Post, if Daylight Savings is eliminated nationwide and Maine stays locked into the eastern standard time zone, there would be some sunrises awfully early.

In Aroostook county, there would be a handful of sunrises each year that would take place before 4am. Several other counties would see one or two sunrises before 4am as well.

The current Daylight Savings system still features some early sunrises for Maine with a handful each year before 5am.

Maine Would Pay The Price in the Summer With Early Sunsets

Believe it or not, without observing Daylight Savings, the sunsets in the winter would be about the same. The earliest sunsets during the winter would come before 4pm.

That already feels brutal for the winter.

It's those cozy summer nights that would be crushed the most. Without Daylight Savings, the latest summer sunset would be about 7:30pm.

Most summer sunsets would come earlier than that. That would be a big change for those that enjoy recreation and more during summers in Maine.