Get ready for The Big Dark, Seattle.

Seattle will see its final 6 p.m. sunset of 2025 on Sunday, Oct. 26.

As daylight saving time winds down and we “fall back” an hour next weekend, the sun will set at 4:49 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 2. It will keep setting earlier and earlier until Dec. 7, when Seattle will see the sun go down at 4:17 p.m.

Love it or hate it, The Big Dark is coming, so think of how to make the best out of it. You can go for skiing in the mountains or stay cozy inside with blankets and hot tea.

As earlier sunsets come to Seattle, weather will also decidedly look like fall this weekend.

Rain will arrive east of Puget Sound sometime between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Friday, the National Weather Service in Seattle said. The interior will see up to an inch of rain, and the coast will

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