By Rod Hill on 2010-09-22
The autumnal equinox is Wednesday evening, (9-22-2010), at 8:09 p.m.
Characteristics of the equinox include: The sun directly over the equator, near equal hours of daylight and darkness and the sun rising due east & setting due west.
Portland will have seven minutes more daylight than darkness as fall begins. Here are the solar times for Thursday, the first full day of fall: sunrise: 6:59 / sunset: 7:06
This Saturday the 25th will have equal daylight and darkness. Sunday the 26th will have three minutes more darkness than daylight. sunrise: 7:03 / sunset: 7:00 pm
The outlook for October - December continues to call for above normal precipitation.
Happy Fall!
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