MANHATTAN — Fall falls on Wednesday. The autumnal equinox, as it’s called, is often thought to be the time when the day and night are both 12 hours long. But, that’s not entirely true. In fact, state climatologist Mary Knapp says Kansans get a few extra minutes of sunlight for several days after the official start of fall. The equinox is figured at the equator. However, because the state is on a sloping part of the globe, the distance between the two edges of the sun are different, making sunrises and sunsets longer, creating the extra time, she said.
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 3 p.m.
