8.5.24 – KLAW 101
As summer turns into fall, Oklahoma will soon begin to lose hours of daylight. In the summer, Oklahomans see the sun rise in the early hours of the morning after 6 a.m. and setting after 8 p.m. But as summer ends, Oklahoma slowly starts having less and less hours of daylight.
The National Weather Service in Norman recently posted on its Facebook page that over the next month, Oklahoma lose roughly one hour of daylight. Specifically, Oklahoma will lose 35 minutes of daylight in the evening and 25 minutes in the morning. So by the end of August, Oklahomans will start seeing the sun rise closer to 7 a.m. and the sun set closer to 8 p.m.
Does Oklahoma still practice daylight savings time?
Earlier this year, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt signed SB 12000 into law, which “gives Oklahoma the adoption of a permanent DST once federal law authorized states to choose whether they wanted to participate in the practice of a bi-annual time change or not.”
Although SB 1200 has been signed into law, Oklahoma cannot put this law into action until the federal government gives states the authority to choose whether or not to participate in daylight savings time.
Therefore, Oklahoma will participate in daylight savings time in 2024. Oklahoma will “fall back” for daylight savings time on Nov. 3.
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