Enjoy it while it lasts, Chicago: sunsets after 6 p.m. will soon be a thing of the past.

According to NBC 5 Storm Team meteorologist Kevin Jeanes, Monday will be the last 6 p.m. sunset of 2024, and the sunset will only get early from there.

The next 6pm sunset won’t come until March 9, when we turn the clocks forward for 2025.

Sunrises are also getting later, Jeanes said. According to Jeanes, sunrise on Monday was set at 7:12 a.m

The earlier sunsets and later sunrises come as the Chicago area prepares for a “setback,” with daylight saving time starting in less than three weeks.

Here’s what you need to know as the days get shorter and the nights get longer.

When does daylight saving time end?

According to the provisions of the Uniform Time Law, daylight saving time ends on the first Sunday of the month of November.

This year that date falls on November 3, with the clocks going back one hour at 2 a.m. While this means the sunset jumps back, it also means an extra hour of sleep, which is probably welcome news.

What comes after summer time?

The end of daylight saving time marks a transition back to standard time in Illinois.

Standard time, according to Time and Date, “is the local time in a country or region in which daylight saving time (DST) is not in use.”

In some countries, standard time is known as winter time or normal time. Summer time is then called summer time.

What is daylight saving time?

Daylight saving time is a clock change that typically begins in the spring and ends in the fall. Under the terms of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November. On those days the clock goes forward or back one hour.

When it is not in daylight saving time, the time is known as standard time.

As it stands now, Illinois is switching between the two. The “spring forward” is when the state enters daylight saving time, and the “fallback” marks a return to standard time.

When will daylight saving time return?

Daylight saving time returns to the Chicago area on March 9, the second Sunday in March.

By then, the city will experience almost 12 hours of daylight again and sunset will occur just after 7 p.m.

Which states do not observe daylight saving time?

The annual time change will occur in Illinois and almost every U.S. state except two:

Arizona (although some Native American tribes observe daylight saving time in their territories) and Hawaii.

U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, also do not observe daylight saving time.

What is better: summer time or standard time?

Changing the clock is a polarizing topic for many.

According to Dr. James Rowley, professor of medicine at Rush University and former president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, changing the clock could actually do more harm than good.

The topic of daylight saving time versus standard time has been hotly debated, especially in recent years. Sleep experts have advocated permanent standard time in some cases. But some experts say switching to permanent daylight saving time, as some lawmakers previously suggested, would be even worse.

“Permanent standard time would basically mean that we were on, I think, biologically correct time all year round. And I’m going to say biologically correct because our bodies are more accustomed and have evolved to be at what would be by the considered standard time for years,” Rowley told NBC Chicago in an interview. “Permanent daylight saving time, the specific problems arise in the winter. It’s great to have ‘that extra hour of sunlight’ in the evening, although I always remind people that we get the same amount of sun in the summer, you know. , whether it’s daylight or standard time, but that seems to be an hour later. But in winter, sunrise is much later, and that is very problematic biologically, because we need sunshine in the morning to set our circadian rhythm for the day. .”

Previously, proposed legislation called for permanent daylight saving time, but that legislation ultimately failed and no new legislation has been proposed for a vote.

So the clock continues to change twice a year.

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has been pushing for a switch to permanent standard time for years.

“By causing the human body clock to become misaligned with the natural environment, daylight saving time increases risks to our physical health, mental well-being and public safety,” said Dr. M. Adeel Rishi, chairman of the AASM Public Safety Committee and a pulmonary, sleep medicine and critical care specialist at Indiana University Health in Indianapolis, said in a statement. “Permanent standard time is the optimal choice for health and safety.”

Experts cited a “growing body of evidence” in recent years.

“Permanent standard time helps synchronize the biological clock with the rising and setting of the sun,” says Dr. James A. Rowley, president of the AASM, said in a press release. “This natural synchronization is optimal for healthy sleep, and sleep is essential for health, mood, performance and safety.”

It also echoes similar insights from other organizations, including the National Sleep Foundation, which said that “seasonal time changes disrupt sleep health and should be eliminated.”

Permanent daylight saving time would lead to later sunrises in much of the US, with some states not seeing a sunrise until after 9am during parts of the year.

“Having sunshine in the morning helps us fall asleep at night. And the other problem, of course, is that it’s darker later in the morning, which brings its own problems with safety, driving and walking. Parents are definitely concerned about their kids walking to school in the dark,” Rowley said. “If we were to have permanent daylight saving time, most of the United States wouldn’t have sunrise until after 8 a.m. and the northern states would – you know. well, the especially northern states such as Minnesota, Montana and the Dakotas – only have sunshine after 9 o’clock. That’s why the American Academy of Sleep Medicine believes we should adopt permanent standard time, not permanent daylight saving time.”

Still, Rowley noted that no legislation is currently being discussed to push for a move to permanent daylight time, so a change in the near future is unlikely.

With the clocks still changing, Rowley noted that there is increasing evidence that the body never fully adjusts to daylight saving time, even between spring and fall.

“Losing that hour of sleep (in the spring) for some people just makes them more anxious, some more depressed, some more irritable. So it can be quite problematic. The problem is that even in the long term, while we think that we are adapting to that change there is actually evidence that we are not fully adapting to the change, so we are still at increased risk for all of those things during daylight saving time,” he said. “Also, as I said before, we need sunshine in the morning to help us fall asleep at night. But in the summer, if we have light too late in the evening, it actually prevents us from falling asleep.” So if we have that ‘extra light’ in the evening actually prevents sleep. It also has long-term consequences.”