David's being a little prosaic but the charts actually do give the lie to your suggestion, but I understand why you feel this way and it's all back to that marginal utility stuff.
The sunrises and sunsets actually alter fastest at the Spring and Autumn equinoxes.By the end of March you're getting 15 or more mins per week added at both ends of the day. Right now we're at 13 mins per week at both ends. By the time you get to mid June or mid-Dec the sunsets barely move at all.
What's going on is that the change in light at landmark points in your day is marked. When that change alters a point of your daily routine from dark to light it feels a much more substantial change. In April you don't care that sunset has moved from 7.00 to 7.10 and most people stop caring about sunrise just as soon as it has tracked back to before they get up.
This is one of the reasons why Jan 25th (?) is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. This is the point at which credit card bills from Christmas hit, you haven't been paid since you were paid early for Christmas and the increase in light has yet to have any negligible effect on commuting.
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The Dawn Treader
Date: 2006-02-24 02:44 pm (UTC)The sunrises and sunsets actually alter fastest at the Spring and Autumn equinoxes.By the end of March you're getting 15 or more mins per week added at both ends of the day. Right now we're at 13 mins per week at both ends. By the time you get to mid June or mid-Dec the sunsets barely move at all.
What's going on is that the change in light at landmark points in your day is marked. When that change alters a point of your daily routine from dark to light it feels a much more substantial change. In April you don't care that sunset has moved from 7.00 to 7.10 and most people stop caring about sunrise just as soon as it has tracked back to before they get up.
This is one of the reasons why Jan 25th (?) is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year. This is the point at which credit card bills from Christmas hit, you haven't been paid since you were paid early for Christmas and the increase in light has yet to have any negligible effect on commuting.