When Does Iowa Spring Forward for Daylight Saving Time?

Ready for a severe understatement? It's cold. See, understatement of the year, right?

If this crazy winter weather we're set to get socked by has you thinking spring, I have something you might be interested in. It has "spring" in the name.

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I have the answer to when we spring forward (lose an hour but gain daylight) in Iowa for 2025.

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When Does Daylight Saving Begin in Iowa?

In 2025 we'll be springing forward in March like we always do. And, once the calendar flips to March, you won't have to wait too long.

Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is the process of setting our clocks forward an hour to, as the name implies, add more daylight to our evenings. We do this as the days are getting noticeably longer.

According to the Farmer's Almanac, the notion that Benjamin Franking "invented" the concept is not exactly true, though he did want people to wake up earlier to save on the cost of candlelight.

Well, for Daylight Saving in 2025, you'll set your clock forward in the wee hours of Sunday, March 9. At 2 a.m. to be exact.

Daylight Saving is then in effect until early Sunday, November 2.

For years, the concept of "springing forward" and "falling back" has been criticized.

In fact, with the new Trump administration, some think the days of Daylight Saving Time ending in November could be coming to an end.

No matter how you feel about it, I think we can all agree that spring sounds really good right now, no?

If it's a movie night you need to escape the thought of the weather, check out these movies that were, at least in part, filmed in Iowa.