It’s two months since we saw the shortest day and yet it seems somewhat ironic that nationally we’ve just gone through the coldest days of winter.

There’s still a chance that there could be a sting in the tail of winter as the months of September and October arrive but overall temperatures are on the up and Spring is almost on our doorstep.

Daylight saving gets underway about a month from now and the mornings and evenings are already starting to stretch out quite quickly.Since the shortest day the sun now is rising up to 45 minutes earlier in some cases and setting by about the same amount of time, especially in the south. 

It’s a number of years now since daylight saving was moved to September and although there’s been a lot of discussion on WeatherWatch.co.nz about the changes, it appears that most people have adjusted to the new slot.

We are comparable to many countries around the world with the length of daylight saving although the USA and the UK have 2-3 weeks longer overall.One downside of that, especially in the UK, is that the weather can occasionally be quite wintry as Spring has barely got underway, as they launch into summertime in terms of the clock. 

There are still some people who believe that daylight saving should be all year round however in places such as Invercargill during July, the sun wouldn’t rise until almost 9.30am and frosts could remain heavy until almost lunchtime if that idea of permanent daylight saving was implemented.

We’re now just a month out of the Spring equinox which will see the same daylight hours as the night time as we head towards summer.