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June 18, 2025 |  By: Gavin McGough

Summer solstice beginning for Missouri

Summer sun picture

The summer solstice brings us the longest day of the year on June 20th.

In Clarinda, Iowa at the northern end of our listening region, the sun will rise at 5:47 AM and set at 8:56 PM for a total of 15 hours and 9 minutes of daylight.

In the south down at Chillicothe, the sun will rise at 5:44 and set at 8:47 for a total of 5 hours and 2 minutes of daylight.

The solstice marks the start of astrological summer and ushers in the most intense period of heat here in Missouri. The weekend should kick things off fittingly, with highs forecast well into the nineties.

Of course, summer is already well underway for most. In many cultures, the solstice marks 'midsummer,' often celebrated in northern Europe with fesitvities and the lighting of bonfires to burn through the night -- the shortest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.

Visit this link if you would like to learn more on the summer solstice.