US EditionThis U.S. Town Won't See the Sun for 64 Days
Utqiagvik, home to about 5,000 residents, will experience 65 days of darkness with only faint twilight and aurora light, leading to extreme cold conditions.
- On November 18, 2025, Utqiagvik, Alaska began its Polar Night, marking the town's last sunrise of the year and no sunlight until Jan. 22, 2026.
- The Earth's axial tilt explains Polar Night, as during Northern Hemisphere winter it keeps the Sun below the horizon for Utqiagvik, Alaska.
- The town will endure roughly 65 days of darkness, with only faint civil twilight near the southern horizon and the Aurora Borealis providing natural light in Utqiagvik, Alaska.
- Residents of Utqiagvik face extreme cold during Polar Night, with temperatures often plummeting well below zero, affecting roughly 4,400 people.
- The city's next sunrise will be around 1:23 p.m. on Jan. 26, 2026, while mid-May flips the cycle to over 80 days of continuous daylight.
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Northern-Most US Town Begins Polar Night, Won’t See Sunrise for 64 Days
Americans living in the nation’s northern-most city saw the sunset on Nov. 18, and they won’t see it rise again until Jan. 22, 2026. Formerly known as Barrow, the town of Utquiagvik sits on Alaska’s Arctic Coast, about 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle and adjacent to Point Barrow, which is considered the northernmost point of all U.S. territory. It is home to nearly 5,000 people, most of whom are Inupiaq, a Native American people. At approxi…
The northernmost city of the United States, Utqiagvik (formerly Barrow), officially began this Tuesday its traditional polar night period, a natural phenomenon in which the sun stops rising above the horizon for several consecutive weeks. According to official weather reports, the sun set for the last time at 1:38 p.m. on the ...
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