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    Did you enjoy the extra hour of sleep? Daylight saving time has officially ended.

    It’s time to grab your pumpkin spice latte and enjoy the view of the fall leaves. After an unusually hot end to summer and a warmer than average fall, temperatures will continue to drop. Starting this week, a handful of Texas cities could even experience their first freeze.

    Here’s what you need to know about daylight saving time in 2024:

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    Is there summer time? See when time changed

    Daylight saving time ended at 2 a.m. on Sunday. We have returned to standard time.

    When the clock struck 2am, the time went back an hour to 1am. Many devices, such as phones and computers, should have automatically switched to standard time, but non-smart devices, such as microwaves and some car stereos, as well as any clock with hands, would likely have to be swapped manually.

    When does daylight saving time start?

    In 2024 we moved an hour further Sunday March 10 and fell back Sunday November 3. Next year we will go one step further Sunday March 9, 2025, and fall back an hour November 2, 2025.

    Since 2007, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March and ends on the first Sunday in November, as mandated by the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Before that, a 1986 law placed the time changes on the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October , according to the Department of Astronomical Applications. Between 1976 and 1986, the clocks went forward on the last Sunday in April. In 1974 and 1975, daylight saving time started in January and February respectively.

    The US first officially recognized daylight saving time in 1918, when President Woodrow Wilson signed the Standard Time Act into law.

    What does daylight saving time mean?

    The end of summer time means that there is more light in the morning and that it gets dark earlier in the evening. Sunrise and sunset are about an hour earlier on the first Sunday in November than on the first Saturday.

    For most Americans, except those in Arizona, Hawaii and a handful of other places, the end of daylight saving time means an extra hour of sleep that Sunday. It also helps the country get more daylight in the morning in preparation for winter.

    How did daylight saving time start?

    Daylight saving time is referred to by several other names: summer time, summer time (not to be confused with daylight saving time). It refers to the practice of moving the clock forward one hour during the warmer months of the year and then turning it back one hour in the fall.

    One way to remember the pattern: “leap forward, fall back.”

    The idea dates back to World War I, although some credit Benjamin Franklin with daylight saving time because of a satirical letter he wrote in 1784 in which he wrote, “Every morning, as soon as the sun rises, let all the bells in every church ring.” : and if that is not enough, let cannon be fired in every street to effectively wake up the sloths.

    To maximize resources for the war, Germany and Austria introduced the first daylight saving time in 1916. The US did the same in 1918. An outdated idea, some say.

    The general idea of ​​daylight saving time is to maximize the use of natural daylight, according to the Almanac. This always happens around the summer months. As the Earth moves around the sun and is tilted on its axis, certain parts of the world experience longer days during certain months. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, such as the US, these longer days run from March to November, with June to August being the longest days.

    For those in the Southern Hemisphere, such as Australia, the seasons are reversed: June through August are winter months and therefore the shortest of the year.

    More about the winter forecast: NOAA’s Winter Forecast Maps 2024-2025: What Does La Niña Mean for Texas?

    When is the shortest day of the year 2024?

    The shortest day of the year is the first day of winter, or the winter solstice. In 2024 that will be Saturday, December 21.

    Sunrises will get later and sunsets will get earlier and earlier as we reach winter, and there will be fewer hours of daylight overall because the Earth’s tilt means the Northern Hemisphere will point away from the Sun.

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