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Winter Solstice on December 21st: the longest night of the year. The shortest day of the year, the longest night occurs today, Sunday, December 21st. The so-called Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon that occurs in the North Hemisphere when the Earth North axis is at the longest distance to the sun.
It's official: Winter is here. The 2014 winter solstice was Sunday, Dec. 21, at 5:03 p.m. CST. It marks the shortest day of the year and the longest night. View full size(National Weather Service) The upshot is that after Sunday, the days will begin to get longer again by several seconds each day.