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Happy belated summer solstice! Interesting that the first day of summer is on the first day of the solstice...which you'd think that it'd make more sense for summer to begin at hottest time of the season, which is mid-point. Any thoughts to that?
Okay, sure. Still…the hottest day of summer isn’t remotely close to the first day of the summer solstice, which in some parts of North America for example, it feels like spring until about July/August timeframe. Maybe I’m thinking that the longest day with sunlight would bring with it the most heat, but I realize that doesn’t happen for about a month after the solstice because it takes time for the Earth to heat.
The hottest month varies markedly by region: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! If you lived in Southeast Brazil, summer could start in any month between August and February, depending on where exactly you were. That's more than half the year variance over less than 400 miles. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Same with many other places in the world. (But not USA. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! )
Right. So, the equinoxes and solstices are “astronomical events” but seasons (as we define them) are subjective? Calendar manufacturers must be shaking their fists at Mother Nature. Lol
That's one way of looking at it. But it presumes a strong coupling between "season" and "temperature" (i.e. that summer should be "the" hottest three months and winter should be "the" coldest three.) We up here in The Great White North think the very idea of only four seasons is adorably quaint. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
Much of this “mindset” may have to do with the structuring of holidays on the calendar. We feel exactly the same here in the Southeastern part of the US, where there’s hot, hotter…and rain. Maybe one month of …I need a sweater. I've been following a few vloggers on Youtube who live in the Pacific NW, and it looks perfect, there. Enchanted thick forests, mountainous regions, snow if you want it, or you can live down in the valley, white water rafting, rambling brooks, beautiful wild flowers everywhere, ugh. It just looks magical. Their winters are long, but the SE gets long ''summers,'' so pro's and con's to every place, I suppose. That list you posted, lol! Sounds kind of dreadful. What's your favorite ''season'' out of that list?
I always thought my dream locale was somewhere warm. Turns out it's not. After two trips to Victoria BC and an Alaskan cruise, I've fallen in love with the West Coast of Canada.
? - That would split summer into two half's Go through summer, get halfway through and what would be the name of the half you just enjoyed? Would it also entail splitting the other seasons in half In the NT Darwin we only have two seasons, wet season - dry season Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Try it Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
