Fall Begins 11:09 PM EDT

The autumn equinox will occur tonight at 11:09 pm edt. This is when the direct rays of the sun cross the equator as the sun moves south in our skies. At this time of the year...the length of days are close to 12 hours over most of the world.

Even though Thursday will be the first official full day of fall...it will feel more like summer. Record high temperatures in the lower to middle 90s are expected.

Fortunately...the hot weather will be short lived as much cooler weather will be the rule by this weekend with highs in the middle and upper 70s saturday and the lower 70s on sunday.

When are the times and dates of the next equinoxes and solstices?

The chart shown below shows the dates and times for the equinoxes and solstices through 2012. Times listed are in Eastern Time. Subtract one hour for Central Time.

Year	Spring Equinox	Summer Solstice	Fall Equinox	Winter Solstice
2010	Mar 20 -- 1:32 pm	June 21 -- 7:28 am	Sept 22 -- 11:09 pm	Dec 21 -- 7:38 pm
2011	Mar 20 -- 7:21 pm	June 21 -- 1:16 pm	Sept 23 -- 5:04 am	Dec 22 -- 1:30 am
2012	Mar 20 -- 1:14 am	June 20 -- 7:09 pm	Sept 22 -- 10:49 am	Dec 21 -- 7:11 am
2013	Mar 20 -- 6:02am	June 21 -- 1:04am	Sept 22 -- 4:44pm	Dec 21 -- 12:11pm
2014	Mar 20 -- 11:57am	June 21 -- 6:51am	Sept 22 -- 10:29pm	Dec 21 -- 6:03pm
2015	Mar 20 -- 5:45pm	June 21 -- 12:38pm	Sept 23 -- 4:21am	Dec 21 -- 11:48pm
2016	Mar 19 -- 11:30pm	June 20 -- 6:34pm	Sept 22 -- 10:21am	Dec 21 -- 5:44am
2017	Mar 20 -- 5:29am	June 21 -- 12:24am	Sept 22 -- 6:02pm	Dec 21 -- 11:28am
2018	Mar 20 -- 11:15am	June 21 -- 6:07am	Sept 22 -- 9:54pm	Dec 21 -- 5:23pm
2019	Mar 20 -- 4:58pm	June 21 -- 11:54am	Sept 23 -- 3:50am	Dec 21 -- 11:19pm
2020	Mar 19 -- 10:50pm	June 20 -- 5:44pm	Sept 22 -- 9:31am	Dec 21 -- 5:02am