Daylight Saving Time, spring preview ahead for tri-state
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Daylight saving time is the period between March and November when most Americans set their clocks forward to gain more daylight in the evenings.
It’s getting harder and harder in Washington state to tell when one season ends and another begins. Temperature and precipitation changes take place later and later, blurring the lines between seasons.
The city of Chicago observed the first day of meteorological spring on Sunday, but when does the spring season officially start?
Meteorological spring will start on March 1. In a past interview with Wicked Local, National Weather Service meteorologist Alan Dunham explained that March 1 marks the arrival of "meteorological spring," as opposed to "astronomical spring," which will arrive on March 20.