To put it in its simplest terms, a Leap Year is when we add an extra day (Feb. 29) to the calendar year ever four years. According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, adding an extra day to the calendar ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Your year is about to get one day longer. Thursday, Feb. 29 is leap day, the day inserted into the calendar every four years to keep our calendar operating smoothly. This extra day ...

First of all, why? Well it is all about the sun and the Earth's rotation: It takes 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and change for Earth to fully go around the sun, which would lead to a problem after ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Today isn’t just any old Thursday in February. Thursday, Feb. 29 has a special claim to fame. Today is leap day, the day inserted into the calendar every four years to keep our ...

February is already the odd month out of the year, with 28 days as opposed to the 30 or 31 days in the other 11 months. But, during a leap year like 2024, the shortest month of the year gets an extra ...

LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FOUR DAY NOW. TODAY IS ALSO A FEBRUARY 29TH, WHICH IS LEAP DAY. THIS IS THE EXTRA DAY WE ADD TO THE CALENDAR EVERY FOUR YEARS. HELPS CALENDAR GET BACK ON TRACK. METEOROLOGIST ...

• The point of the leap year is to help adjust the Gregorian calendar by adding an extra day every four years. But even that doesn’t quite do the trick, which is why scientists periodically call for a ...

Leap year rolls around every four years with a 29th day added to February. The reason leap year exists is because it takes the Earth about 365.25 days to revolve around the sun and without adding an ...