It's the first day of Summer!

And it's frickin' cold! We've had an absolutely shocking spring, and now it looks like the early days of summer are gonna follow suit.

We may even get a white Christmas this year!

 

:scratches head:

Wouldn't the first day of Summer in the Southern Hemisphere be December 21st?

 

I was wondering the same thing.

 

I mean, I know it's tomorrow there and their seasons are all backwards and stuff, but certainly their not in an entirely different planetary position to make today their first day of summer.

 

Nope - summer starts on the first of December.

It has been a hot November here in Newcastle, but today is coolish. Around 24C and spots of rain.

 

Unless their "seasons" aren't based on the solstice or equinox.

 

Apparently it's not. Which means they make that much less sense to me.

 

Now I want to know when the other seasons start. I mean, if they're just on the first of certain months, it's not that bizarre.

Frankly, winter to me should start a lot earlier than December 21st anyway.

 

Dec 21 is summer solstice. Longest day of the year.

 

The first day of winter being Dec 21st is an American and Canadian thing anyway. In the UK, Dec 21st is mid-winter.

 

Silly calendars.

For me, winter starts as soon as I step outside and say, "Fuck, it's cold."

 

That's why the four seasons of Saskatchewan are Winter, Winter, Winter and July.

 

Don't understand how the longest/shortest days of the year can be te start of the season, but whatever.

Down Under, summer is Dec-Feb, winter Jun-Aug.

 

They can because we say so.

But I also think it's silly. I think the seasons should be determined by weather, personally.

 

Sounds like the spring we have just endured in Hobart - rain, rain, rain and more rain and this followed the wettest winter ever.

I am flying to Adelaide tomorrow so maybe I will have a few days of true summer.

 

The same is often said about Northern Wisconsin. Minnesota, on the other hand, is Winter, Winter, Winter, and Mosquitos as big as Pterydactyl season.

 

The weather up here in Auckland has been hot and humid as fuck today, at least the overcast cleared up a bit by mid-afternoon and there was a breeze, so it's not all bad

 

Thought for today. Climatologists in Australia are talking with Aborigines. There's some belief that Aborigines had a really complex season cycle, seasons within seasons, spanning decades (in the same way the moon has a 13-year cycle). It may hold the keys as to how to sue the climate here properly.

 

I guess uo here, they do say Dec 1 is the start of meteorological WInter.

 

I'm sorry, but this is still a mindfuck to me and my northern ways. It's cold and dark a lot here.

Though living in New England, there's a good chance of a white Xmas every year.

In Vermont, we had a special season between winter and spring known as mud season. The snow would melt, but the ground wasn't fully thawed so the water had nowhere to go. Fun!