Daylight Saving Time and your Landscape Lighting

Daylight saving time ends this Sunday so remember fall back by setting your clocks back an hour.  Enjoy your extra hour of sleep this weekend!

With daylight saving time ending,  it will get darker earlier in the evening. We recommend checking the timer on your landscape lighting system as it is getting darker earlier now and many systems are set for our long summer days.  And we haven’t even gotten to our darkest days which happen during the winter solstice.  Winter Solstice is December 22nd and it will be our darkest day with only 10 hours of daylight.  Compare that to summer solstice in June where we have 14 hours of daylight – we have lost 4 hours of daylight!!

With the time change, you can expect it to get dark around 5:30 in the evening.  By adding outdoor lighting to your home, YOU will control the time it gets dark at your house, not mother nature.  Here in San Antonio, we know this time of year is often the best time to enjoy the outdoors with the cooler temperatures.

Reclaim your light-filled evenings by adding outdoor lighting to your outdoor living area so you can enjoy a little more time outside this fall. Give us a call at 210-710-7737 if you need help setting your timer or are interested in adding new outdoor lights.

Want to learn more about daylight savings time?  We liked this article “Daylight Saving Time 2017: A Guide to the When, Why, What and How” at LiveScience.com!