Today is the longest day of the year. It marks the summer solstice, the first official day of summer.

Summer solstice is the longest day of the year but that doesn’t mean our day has more than 24 hours in it, we just have more sunlight than any other day. On the summer solstice we get between 15 and 20 hours of sunlight.

After July 1, daylight hours will continuously reduce. By September 22, daylight and night hours will level-off.

After September 22 onwards, night hours will gradually increase and the days will become shorter.

The solstice, which falls on June 20 or 21 each year, occurs when the Earth’s North Pole is tilted the most toward the sun, and the sun is at its highest point.