No more sunsets before 5 p.m.? How permanent daylight saving would change winter |
No more sunsets before 5 p.m.? How permanent daylight saving would change winter
(NEXSTAR) – As the end of daylight saving time grows ever nearer (it’s happening as early as possible this year), President Trump has continued his push to have the Senate pass a bill that would lock the clocks.
If daylight saving time were to become permanent, winters could feel different for many of us.
Under the Sunshine Protection Act, states that do not exempt themselves would observe daylight saving time year-round. Since Hawaii and most of Arizona already observe year-round standard time, they would remain exempt.
Outside of those two states, sunrises and sunsets would happen later than they currently do between early November and March.
In much of the U.S., the sun wouldn’t rise until after 8 a.m. for at least part of the winter. For some, the sun wouldn’t come up until after 9 a.m.
The trade-off, though, would be later sunsets in winter.
Depending on where you live, many winter sunsets may happen in the 4 or 5 o’clock hours. If our clocks did not fall back an hour in November, as they have done for years, those sunsets would shift to the 5 and 6 o’clock hours,........