When do the seasons begin?
mintbro
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Just been reading a debate between the meteorological seasons vs the astronomical seasons.
Personally speaking I go by the meteorological system where spring starts March 1st, summer starts June 1st, autumn starts September 1st and winter December 1st.
It seems a bit barmy to even consider that the first few weeks of December is autumn or the first few weeks of June as spring.
Personally speaking I go by the meteorological system where spring starts March 1st, summer starts June 1st, autumn starts September 1st and winter December 1st.
It seems a bit barmy to even consider that the first few weeks of December is autumn or the first few weeks of June as spring.
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What does this mean?
Spring: 21 March to 20 June
Summer: 21 June to 20 September
Autumn: 21 September to 20 December
Winter: 21 December to 20 March
See that seems strange to me, winter begins long before December 21st
In your opinion, in mid it doesn't
But the whole of December is themed around winter. Any feeling of autumn is long gone by December 21st.
Again in your opinion
December is generally themed around the build up to Christmas, taking many elements from the winter season. Hardly an opinion, more a fact
Still doesn't change my opinion on the seasons
Walking Dead Season Oct-Feb
Dogging Season Apr-Oct
Not long til Christmas and the inevitable oak furniture land adverts. And adverts for perfume that have been on for years...'i'm not going to be who they expect me to be anymore' and charlize theron taking her gold jewellery and clothes off.
Oh yes, of course; what's on the telly decides what season it is, because we never had seasons before tv was invented.
Similarly, just because the ridiculous build up to an event that happens in winter ( ie. after the winter solstice on 21st Dec ) starts so early it doesn't mean that build up is also in winter. Temperatures in early December are generally well above freezing, no sign of snow or frost, brown/ yellow leaves still on the trees - Autumn, most definitely.
I'm hoping that now the BBC have ditched the met office ( the originators of the change to meterological seasons ) we can go back to the more sensible astronomical seasons
Summer: when your 'newborn baby' understands that when you said you'd read him two stories and he wakes up when you've only read one, and says 'two!" and you realise he can do sums and it's summer and he's no longer newborn.
Autumn: When the leaves fall and he says 'I don't like it' about the new baby.
Winter: When he wins at 'Operation' and you didn't let him win, he actually did win.
2015/9/1: 00:00:00 - Autumn
Apparently.
Why not?
I'm just having a look out of my window at the trees and, low and behold, all the leaves are still green.