Clocks Fall Back Tonight: Daylight Saving Time Ends at 2 A.M. Sunday in Chicago
Chicagoans gain an extra hour overnight as daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, November 1, when clocks turn back to 1 a.m. and the city returns to Central Standard Time — with earlier sunsets ahead, and the change still happening despite a House-passed bill to end it.
Halloween night comes with an extra hour this year. Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. Sunday, November 1, when clocks are set back one hour to 1 a.m. local time, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology schedule summarized in weekend coverage read by the desk. Chicago returns to Central Standard Time, and the 1 a.m. hour effectively happens twice overnight.
Most phones and connected devices update on their own; manual clocks should be turned back before bed on Saturday night. The trade for the extra hour is earlier darkness, with sunsets arriving an hour earlier through the fall and winter. Daylight saving time began this year on Sunday, March 8, and under the current federal schedule — in place since 2007 — it returns on Sunday, March 14, 2027.
The twice-yearly change may not be permanent. The U.S. House approved legislation in July that would make daylight saving time permanent, but the Senate has not acted and no change has been enacted into law, so this weekend’s fall-back happens on schedule. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time and do not change their clocks this weekend.
