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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 9037169" data-attributes="member: 463"><p>UK Met Office: <em>The seasons are defined as <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/spring" target="_blank">spring</a> (March, April, May), <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/summer" target="_blank">summer</a> (June, July, August), <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/autumn" target="_blank">autumn</a> (September, October, November) and <a href="https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/winter" target="_blank">winter</a> (December, January, February).</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/seasons/spring/when-does-spring-start#:~:text=By%20the%20meteorological%20calendar%2C%20spring,December%2C%20January%2C%20February).[/URL]</em></p><p></p><p>I'd actually never heard of seasons starting with solstice or equinox, the solstices being commonly known as Midwinter & Midsummer. According to <em>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-seasons#:~:text=According%20to%20this%20definition%2C%20each,and%20winter%20on%20December%201.[/URL]</em></p><p></p><h3>The Definition of a “Season”</h3><p>Here is more explanation about how astronomers and meteorologists define seasons differently:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The <strong>astronomical start of a season</strong> is based on the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun. More specifically, the start of each season is marked by either a solstice (for winter and summer) or an equinox (for spring and autumn). A solstice is when the Sun reaches the most southerly or northerly point in the sky, while an equinox is when the Sun passes over Earth’s equator. Because of leap years, the dates of the equinoxes and solstices can shift by a day or two over time, causing the start dates of the seasons to shift, too.<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In contrast, the <strong>meteorological start of a season</strong> is based on the annual temperature cycle and the 12-month calendar. According to this definition, each season begins on the first of a particular month and lasts for three months: Spring begins on March 1, summer on June 1, autumn on September 1, and winter on December 1. Climate scientists and meteorologists created this definition to make it easier to keep records of the weather, since the start of each meteorological season doesn’t change from year to year.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 9037169, member: 463"] UK Met Office: [I]The seasons are defined as [URL='https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/spring']spring[/URL] (March, April, May), [URL='https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/summer']summer[/URL] (June, July, August), [URL='https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/autumn']autumn[/URL] (September, October, November) and [URL='https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/seasons/winter']winter[/URL] (December, January, February). [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/learn-about/weather/seasons/spring/when-does-spring-start#:~:text=By%20the%20meteorological%20calendar%2C%20spring,December%2C%20January%2C%20February).[/URL][/I] I'd actually never heard of seasons starting with solstice or equinox, the solstices being commonly known as Midwinter & Midsummer. According to [I][URL unfurl="true"]https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-seasons#:~:text=According%20to%20this%20definition%2C%20each,and%20winter%20on%20December%201.[/URL][/I] [HEADING=2]The Definition of a “Season”[/HEADING] Here is more explanation about how astronomers and meteorologists define seasons differently: [LIST] [*]The [B]astronomical start of a season[/B] is based on the position of the Earth in relation to the Sun. More specifically, the start of each season is marked by either a solstice (for winter and summer) or an equinox (for spring and autumn). A solstice is when the Sun reaches the most southerly or northerly point in the sky, while an equinox is when the Sun passes over Earth’s equator. Because of leap years, the dates of the equinoxes and solstices can shift by a day or two over time, causing the start dates of the seasons to shift, too. [*]In contrast, the [B]meteorological start of a season[/B] is based on the annual temperature cycle and the 12-month calendar. According to this definition, each season begins on the first of a particular month and lasts for three months: Spring begins on March 1, summer on June 1, autumn on September 1, and winter on December 1. Climate scientists and meteorologists created this definition to make it easier to keep records of the weather, since the start of each meteorological season doesn’t change from year to year. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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