When is beginning of summer

Before we know it, summer is over. There are so many ways to enjoy the beginning of summer! Whether you spend the day hiking, reading a good book on the beach or grilling some burgers, the important thing is that you celebrate summer. Spend some time outside in the fresh air.

Take a long walk and visit a local park. How will you celebrate? First stop — summer clothes , and let us know by using SummerBegins to share on social media.

My birthday is also in the fall. Thank you for your article. Summer 2. Fall Halloween is my favorite holiday. Winter by far, my least favorite season. Thank you so much for publishing this article. I've been wondering why the start date of a season has changed from my childhood and now I know!

The rest of the article was equally interesting and I appreciate it very much. Autumn, Summer, Spring, and last of all winter. As an aside, your calendar season start dates are off by one day. Each needs to be moved one day later in the week. My favorite season is fall, because of the cool weather, shorter days, and foliage. My least favorite is summer, because of the heat, too much sun, sweat, and insects.

In order:. My favorite season is winter. I love everything about it. The cold weather, the snow, shorter days, and most importantly the clothes you get to wear lol. Oh, and don't forget the boots boots! Although, fall is by far the prettiest season and a very close second for me. Spring because I like the rain and I live watching all of the plants and flowers bloom.. Spring time was a preparation for the summers harvest. The fields were so green and beautiful.

Summer saw the entire family work together, bringing in the harvest. You could see your labor revealing itself into crops to sustain your family. In autumn, fields were plowed, leveled, and new crops planted. By October, rains came, and the labor slowed. The beautiful maple trees changed their color. Cutting dead oak trees would provide heat a year from now.

Green wood less than a year old smells in the air. Winter was time to rest for all of us not attending school. Snow occasionally fell during Christmas. School functions, State Fairs, Church, and occasional travels to Southern California in the Winter was always welcome. Living in Oregon, you experience all four seasons. It is wonderful. I have epilepsy so I can't be in the heat because of my sezures.

So my favorite season is winter. I love going outside. It's fun. My family thinks I'm crazy because I love the cold so much. I live in Alabama. The summer is awful. I hate hot weather and the AC bills. Used to like it as a child, but school was out.

We rarely get snow but when we do everyone enjoys it. My husband was from Pa. But I will take cooler weather all the time. After giving this a few minutes of thought, I've come to the conclusion that I truly like all four seasons for what each has to offer.

I feel this is due to the transitions from one season to another. When winter releases its grip and gives into Spring, it's a time of renewal. Ice and snow give way to green landscapes and flower buds. Late spring sees the trees becoming fuller and the whitetail fawns, full of spots, running in the fields. By the beginning of Summer, vacations to the beech, and long days allow for getting a lot of fun crammed into the day. The last days of summer feel brutally hot and any relief would be welcomed.

Enter Autumn The days get noticeably shorter and there is a crispness to the air that you can smell. As we fully embrace Fall, we do so in sweatshirts and light jackets. The feel of a campfire on your face and backside is so welcomed. Iced tea consumption goes down and cider, both cold and hot, increases. For some reason, I don't drink hot chocolate during the previous two seasons, but I sure do make up for during Fall and Winter. Further, even if Time Zones were 24 equal slices of latitude and there was no DST, there would still be a sliver of latitude every year, abutting either the leading or trailing edge of the Time Zone nearest midnight, for which my initial statement applies.

You stated, "This date marks the official beginning of summer as the Northern Hemisphere angles itself at the point in its orbit closest to the sun, causing the longest day and shortest night of the calendar year. Around July 4th this year we will be farthest from the sun and closest to the sun in January called perihelion. Thank you for this. Some words apparently got garbled.

As you pointed out, in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the North Pole that is tilted most toward the Sun at the June solstice, but the Earth and its poles is definitely not at its perihelion, which is in January.

We have updated the text. Both are always exciting but really difficult to represent them together like this. Thanks so much for your talent, you guys are amazing! Maybe give the dog and cat collar a splash of water and a wish, and The House Number I was on my way to visit with my Ma whom had had a double stroke.

While I was going through security my phone rang and when I saw Ma's name I knew she was gone. I collapsed and I don't remember how I got to the gate, but there I was with Jet Blue employees helping me. Because of the time differential I assumed Ma passed to Spirit on the 21st of June. However, when I spoke to the funeral director he said she had passed on the 20th.

I didn't realize the significance of this date until I got home and looked at my calendar which still was turned to June. I was hoping Ma could hold on until I got there I was told she had a week, it turned out to be days but she was gone before I got there.

Now I know why. Though Ma's Spiritual Path was different than mine, she nonetheless understood and respected my Spiritual Path as a Moon Worshiper and an observer of the 8 Spiritual Rites I hold sacred. I believe this was the last gift she could give me. Summer was our favorite time of year, and strawberry shortcake was our favorite dessert. It is now July 14th and 3 weeks have passed. I have my waves of joy and sorrow and yet I am grateful to her for leaving me a remembrance that I will celebrate every Full Moon.

It appears that within the last five to ten years recent memory someone decided to begin messing with the thought patterns of the Baby Boomers in relation to the First Day of Summer. It has always been on June 21st prior to that time when the sneaky 'switch' started occurring. Even the Almanac and all of the yearly calendars stated the same thing.

I'm sticking with the original date, June 21st because I like the idea of being a purist when it comes down to recognition of when Summer actually begins. As for the 20th is concerned, it's just another day trying to hijack the original Summer starts when the Earth is at its most tilted towards the Sun, when our axis is pointed the furthest towards the South. After this point, the axis begins its 6 month movement back towards North, until the Winter Solstice.

The actual date can and does vary. This has nothing to do with anything but the Earth's tilt and its movement. As I am not a farmer or no nothing of farming I was led to believe that the first day of summer is 21st June.

Even Stonehenge and British Heritage say the same. Can you please tell me why then it is the 20th June to a farmer and does that change yearly because there seems to be some confusion. I've always remembered the 1st day of summer being June 21st also. I feel for you, especially on your birthday.

It would change a lot if it was the 1st day of winter suddenly. This changing of dates is nonsense. They should stick with the reason we added February 29 in the 1st place. I am 75 years old and have always known the 1st day of summer was on June 21st Why is it the 20th of June this year?

Janetta, the summer solstice occurs when the sun is directly over the Tropic of Cancer. That can occur from June 20th to June 22nd. It is far more common on the 21st so this year has an additional "rarity" but a June 22nd solstice would be far rarer.

This year the first FULL day of summer will be on the 21st forget all those other posters - the summer solstice marks the first day of summer ,. Otherwise how would people decide what point on a circles circumference is the begining. This is why we refer to Northern Hemisphere. Wouldn't that be a lovely 'share'? Skip to main content. By The Editors. June 16, Tags solstice First Day When is What do you want to read next?

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