Hard Scratch in numbers
- Coordinates
- 41.6133, -95.7142
- Elevation
- 365 m above sea level
- Region
- Iowa
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1610 km away
What time is it in Hard Scratch, Iowa, United States
This page carries the current local time for Hard Scratch, Iowa, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Hard Scratch, United States
Friday, 30 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Hard Scratch
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Hard Scratch keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:53 AM Solar noon 1:08 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 28 min Night 13 h 32 min Civil twilight 7:25 AM – 6:51 PM
Weather in Hard Scratch right now
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Hard Scratch and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 51546 Logan — 7.0 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Iowa
- Des Moines 214 133
- Cedar Rapids 130 405
- Davenport 102 582
- Sioux City 82 821
- Iowa City 74 220
- Waterloo 68 460
Same time zone — America/Chicago
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- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Crisp — 3.9 km
- Logan — 7.0 km
- Orton — 8.4 km
- Willett — 9.7 km
- Union Burg (historical) — 10.2 km
- Beebeetown — 10.8 km
Time and daylight in Hard Scratch
The time given for Hard Scratch holds for nearby Crisp and Logan too.
Hard Scratch is served by a set of 1 postal code.
The time zone used in Hard Scratch is America/Chicago, set at UTC−5. Whether the clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
In Hard Scratch today the sun is out from 7:53 AM until 6:22 PM. That comes to 10 h 28 min of daylight.
Questions and answers
- How is the time zone for Hard Scratch identified?
- The time zone for Hard Scratch is identified as America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Hard Scratch?
- Daylight saving in Hard Scratch: Yes.
- What time is first light in Hard Scratch?
- The sun rises at 7:53 AM.