It’s October, When Do Texas Clocks Officially ‘Fall Back’?

When you've suffered through the heat of a Texas summer in places such as Midland, Odessa, Austin, Houston, and Dimebox you're ready for a little shade. Even if that "shade" could also be described as dusk or darkness. Anytime you can not be in the direct sunshine is a good time when the daytime temperatures are close to 90 degrees.

Of course, all of this changes in the fall. Allegedly, temperatures will start to drop.No, seriously they are forecast to drop in just a few days.  In addition to cooler air temperatures, our time in the sunshine starts to dwindle this time of year as well.

On summer's longest day, most of Texas will see about 14 hours and 6 minutes of daylight. Meanwhile, on winter's shortest day, Texas is only treated to 11 hours and 32 minutes of daylight. That's a pretty big swing and most of us notice the days are shorter when we're driving our kids to school in the dark each day.

Why Do We Adjust the Clocks By One Hour Twice a Year?

The solution to matching "productive time" with "daylight time" has been the mission of Daylight Saving Time since its inception. It used to be an agriculture thing then it just became a pop culture thing, and now most of us think of the biannual "clock dance" as just an annoying thing.

Still, we have to spring forward at the beginning of the year and when fall arrives we are supposed to "fall back". It's October, so that should be happening soon, right? No one wants to see grown people dressed in gaudy Halloween makeup in the daylight, right? Unless you're the Molly Ringwalds then the answer is NO. The Mollys always look better in the dark, don't you think?

When Do Clocks Go Back One Hour This Fall?

I have got some bad news for you if you thought you could go out in your Trick-or-Treat costume under cover of darkness. It ain't happening in 2024. That's because the fallback portion of Daylight Saving Time won't happen until November. November 3, 2024, is the actual date.

Now that doesn't mean we won't start to notice the changes in the amount of daylight each day. That happens whether we touch the clocks or not. It's just the clock time won't match the daylight time quite as well until we make that adjustment or learn how to turn a light on.

I really wish we could just set them and forget them. The clocks, not the Molly Ringwalds, I like them.