In a previous post I mentioned that we were “looking forward” to the winter when the daylight window here is Mockba is very short. It’s now late in November and that window has closed up significantly. The sun now does not rise until about 10:00 in the morning. It’s pitch black when people go to work during rush hour from about 6:00 to 8:30. It feels odd to see car headlights shining at 8:00 in the morning. The other end of the window is more typical of what some from the US would expect. At this point the sun has gone down by 14:30 in the afternoon although you can sense that in a month sundown will be around 13:30.
We were warned that this lack of daylight gives some a problem with Seasonal Affective Disorder. To date I’m not having a problem. For me, at least at the point, is more interesting than debilitating. I hope this continues.
One thing that does seem to be a problem for many at this time of year is a lack of sunlight (vs. daylight). We’ve had long periods of rainy/snowy, gloomy weather which Mockva apparently is known for. Several weeks ago we went for a stretch where the sun did not shine for two weeks. Earlier this week we had two sunny days. We’ve been told the Mockva averages 56 sunny days a year. Now that can get depressing. Seems like the average is holding true…
In winter the cold is supposed to bring more sunny days but at present with the lows now somewhere between 0 and -9 (Celsius) this hasn’t happened that often to date.
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