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Daylight saving time 2026: When do clocks spring forward this year?
New Jerseyans will lose an hour of sleep on March 8, 2026, when Daylight Saving Time returns, despite growing public frustration with the biannual clock changes and ongoing debate about making the practice permanent.
At 2 a.m. on that Sunday, clocks will jump forward to 3 a.m. across most of the United States. The clocks will fall back on November 1, 2026, returning to standard time.
The sun will set at around 5:57 p.m. in New Jersey on Saturday, March 7. The following day, after the time shift and the end of standard time, sunset is at about 6:58 p.m.
However, the sun will rise nearly an hour later at about 7:21 a.m. on Sunday, March 8, after coming up at approximately 6:23 a.m. the previous day, making for darker mornings.
Spring officially arrives at 10:46 a.m. on Friday, March 20.
Feb. 4 marked the mid-point of winter. From here on, we’re closer to the spring equinox than the winter solstice, and the amount of daylight we have each day in New Jersey continues to increase.
The sun will set at 5:31 p.m. in Atlantic City and and 5:27 p.m. in Newark on Thursday, Feb. 12.
Hawaii and most of Arizona remain the only states that don’t observe the time changes, along with several U.S. territories including Puerto Rico and Guam. The Navajo Nation observes daylight saving time despite being located within Arizona.
While many Americans want to end the twice-yearly ritual, chronobiologists generally advocate for permanent standard time instead, arguing it better aligns people’s schedules with the sun year-round.
Till Roenneberg, a pioneering chronobiologist and sleep researcher, warned that permanent DST would make Europeans “dicker, dümmer und grantiger” (fatter, dumber, and grumpier).
“Any schedule that implies that you have to get up before sunrise may cause problems,” said Derk-Jan Dijk, a sleep and physiology professor at the University of Surrey.
The Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act in March 2022, which would have established permanent daylight saving time nationwide, but the House never voted on the legislation.
A similar bill, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 was introduced last January. The proposal would make Daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.
Multiple states have passed laws supporting year-round daylight saving time, but they cannot implement the change without federal authorization.
The practice originated during World War I as a fuel-saving measure, not for agricultural purposes as commonly believed. The 1966 Uniform Time Act established the current national schedule after decades of local time chaos.
Clearing snow & ice off cars in Brick, NJ, a used car lot full of them
Shirley Crowley clears snow and ice off cars at Michele Motors in Brick, NJ.
You don’t want to go buy milk and eggs just yet, but don’t put that snow shovel away just yet.
It’s possible — possible — you could need it this weekend to shovel out.
A coastal storm could pay a visit to New Jersey on Sunday night into Monday morning, and it could cause quite a mess for New Jersey.
Are we talking inches of snow? Feet? With a storm like this, anything is possible. But the confidence is very low.
Not all forecasts agree, and most have New Jersey’s air to be too warm to cause a major snowstorm. Most of what falls could come in the form of rain. But if cold air comes with the precipitation, it could mean good news for snow lovers.
Accuweather is calling for a chance of rain and snow with a high temperature of 39 degrees on Sunday. The low will fall into the low 20s.
The Weather Channel is a little more nervous about the storm. It calls for 3 to 5 inches of snow on Sunday for the Jersey Shore, with a chance for another inch on Monday morning.
The National Weather Service is calling for a chance of snow and rain Sunday into Sunday night. The temperatures are in line with the other two forecasts.
Nothing is set in stone, and it’s far too early to plan your life around the storm. But it’s something to keep an eye on as we head to the weekend.
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 4:30AM
WOODBURY, N.J. (WPVI) — A daring ice rescue in South Jersey is being called a group effort.
It happened on Sunday around 7:30 p.m. on Woodbury Creek near the 100 block of N. Warner Street.
By the time the Woodbury Fire Department arrived, the man had been stranded for at least half an hour.
Multiple departments responded and helped get the man off the ice and took him to the hospital for treatment of possible hypothermia.
Police want to remind residents that no ice is 100 percent safe.
“If someone falls through the ice, call 911 immediately. Do not attempt a rescue without proper equipment and training,” police added in a statement.
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A 21-year-old hiker from New Jersey was found dead on Thursday, Feb. 12, after calling 911 to report they had fallen near the summit of Mt. Marcy, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
DEC declined to identify the victim by name or gender. Syracuse.com has reached out to New York State Police for more information, and this story will be updated.
At 3:05 p.m. the hiker, who was accompanied by a dog, reported that they slipped and were unable to get back on the trail. Forest rangers immediately began searching for the hiker via snowmobile and tracked utility vehicle.
Meanwhile, a NYSP Aviation helicopter took to the air for a possible hoist rescue. Due to the heavy cloud cover, however, the two rangers aboard the helicopter could not spot the missing hiker.
At 6:06 p.m., one of the rangers in the helicopter was inserted into the Marcy Dam Outpost to search on the ground.
At 9:51 p.m., nearly seven hours after the hiker’s initial 911 call, the ranger located the hiker’s body. Weather conditions prevented removal of the body from the mountain at that time.
Rangers also found the hiker’s dog alive and walked it out to safety. On the early morning of Feb. 13, NYSP Aviation inserted two rangers to the site and recovered the hiker’s body.
At 5,344 feet, Mount Marcy is New York’s highest peak. Winter hiking can be especially dangerous due to subzero temperatures, deep snow drifts and blowing snow, icy trails and strong winds.
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