Springfield loses just over an hour of daylight during August. By the end of the month, we lose an average of 2 minutes and 15 seconds of daylight a day! The slow but steady daylight loss is a result of Earth tilting away from the sun on its way to the winter solstice. The shift in Earth's tilt through August also reduces the window you can get sunburned. That's good news for those weary of turning red.

UV Index scale

Sunburns are caused by too much exposure to solar radiation, also known as Ultraviolet radiation (UV). The UV Index was developed by the Environmental Protection Agency and was updated to its current scale in 2004. The scale ranges from 1 ("low") to 11+ ("extreme").

According to Premier Dermatology, it can take as little as 10 minutes for sunburn to develop when the UV ind

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