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The Summer season starts today ... any guesses whether we'll have any decent weather, or yet another washout?

(To be precise, Summer actually starts tonight at 23:09.)
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  • Nard DogNard Dog Posts: 1,193
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    If you are talking about weather, and sadly I think you are, then you are mistaken.

    The meteorological summer started June 1
  • familyguy8904familyguy8904 Posts: 2,596
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    We had our Summer at end of May.
  • DJGMDJGM Posts: 3,934
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    Nard Dog wrote: »
    If you are talking about weather, and sadly I think you are, then you are mistaken.

    The meteorological summer started June 1
    Officially, the Summer season starts around the 20th - 21st June ... this year, it's on the 20th. Only the scientists
    in the Met Office consider 1st June to be the start of Summer. Hundreds of years of history proves them wrong.
  • fmradiotuner1fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,498
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    It looks like a really bad weekend again every weekend lately :(
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 26,853
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    Wimbledon starts on Monday so thats a guaranteed two weeks of rain.
  • scorpio manscorpio man Posts: 4,960
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    Lizzy11268 wrote: »
    Wimbledon starts on Monday so thats a guaranteed two weeks of rain.
    Plus an extortionate price for the Strawberries because of a shortage due to the weather. :(
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    Lizzy11268 wrote: »
    Wimbledon starts on Monday so thats a guaranteed two weeks of rain.


    I think there's some cricket on next week as well... guaranteed to rain then
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 806
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    Summer is gone! Wimbledon and the olympics mean no summer at all. Even today it's only 20c...so much for global warming and Mediterranean gardens!
  • Nard DogNard Dog Posts: 1,193
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    DJGM wrote: »
    Officially, the Summer season starts around the 20th - 21st June ... this year, it's on the 20th. Only the scientists
    in the Met Office consider 1st June to be the start of Summer. Hundreds of years of history proves them wrong.

    Again you misunderstand what point you are trying to make. By your logic the 20th of December will still be autumn...

    :D
  • BillyCasperBillyCasper Posts: 1,421
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    But it would have been Glastonbury this weekend. Seeing as it isn't it'll probably be lovely.
  • AJRevittAJRevitt Posts: 1,123
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    DJGM wrote: »
    (To be precise, Summer actually starts tonight at 23:09.)

    To be even more precise, it's actually 00.09 BST. :D
  • digimon900digimon900 Posts: 4,249
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    scorpio man wrote: »
    Plus an extortionate price for the Strawberries because of a shortage due to the weather. :(

    Come and get some of ours! They are plentiful and cheap
  • qandrew777qandrew777 Posts: 40
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    digimon900 wrote: »
    Come and get some of ours! They are plentiful and cheap
    But I bet they would taste pretty inferior by comparison! :rolleyes::D
  • DJGMDJGM Posts: 3,934
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    Nard Dog wrote: »
    Again you misunderstand what point you are trying to make.
    By your logic the 20th of December will still be autumn...
    I have misunderstood nothing. 20th December 2012 will indeed be the final day of Autumn this year. That is
    not just by my own logic ... that is a geographical fact for the entire Northern Hemisphere of this planet.

    Vernal Equinox (Spring) March 20 2012 05:14 GMT
    Summer Solstice (Summer) June 20 2012 23:09 GMT
    Autumnal Equinox (Fall) September 22 2012 14:49 GMT
    Winter Solstice (Winter) December 21 2012 11:11 GMT
    AJRevitt wrote: »
    To be even more precise, it's actually 00.09 BST. :D
    Indeed you are correct. With that in mind, the Summer doesn't start proper until tomorrow.

    British Summer Time is an artificially invented season, the origins of which apparently date back to 1916
    when a builder campaigned for its introduction, the result of which was The Summer Time Act of 1916.

    Essentially, the Summer starts when the planet says so, and not when boffins from the Met Office, or
    an obsolete and antiquated Act of Parliament from almost a full century ago, might suggest otherwise!
  • Billy_ValueBilly_Value Posts: 22,920
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    bring on the rain, sleet, snow, winds, and ice please and lots of tit
  • ÆnimaÆnima Posts: 38,548
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    It's been sunny here the past few days.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 57
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    DJGM wrote: »
    Officially, the Summer season starts around the 20th - 21st June ... this year, it's on the 20th. Only the scientists
    in the Met Office consider 1st June to be the start of Summer. Hundreds of years of history proves them wrong.

    There are very few of us about who were properly educated on the subject of seasons:D

    I like people who think like me!

    Hello bud.
  • digimon900digimon900 Posts: 4,249
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    The outside thermometer on my ac system is reading 102ºF right now and rising...:D
  • electronelectron Posts: 775
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    Billy_Value wrote: »
    bring on the rain, sleet, snow, winds, and ice please and lots of tit

    Foxtrot Romeo Oscar:rolleyes:
  • scorpio manscorpio man Posts: 4,960
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    digimon900 wrote: »
    Come and get some of ours! They are plentiful and cheap
    No doubt American strawberries are as big as apples, like everything else over there............Bigger :D
  • digimon900digimon900 Posts: 4,249
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    scorpio man wrote: »
    No doubt American strawberries are as big as apples, like everything else over there............Bigger :D

    They are the same size - I measured them over the internet
  • Sirocco758Sirocco758 Posts: 518
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    In school I was always tought that the seasons were:

    Spring: 1 March - 31 May
    Summer: 1 June - 31 August
    Autumn: 1 September - 30 November
    Winter: 1 December - 28/9 February

    Now people are saying that 21 June is Day 1 of Summer? So when is Autumn then?
  • digimon900digimon900 Posts: 4,249
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    That was exactly what I was told! These modern seasons are the ones that I learned when I got to the USA
  • LeeahLeeah Posts: 20,239
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    Well not a nice start to "summer" ...
  • varialectiovarialectio Posts: 2,377
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    OP, you are correct on the dates of the equinoxes and solstices. However I don't know why you are equating these with the start of the appropriate seasons?

    After all, the solstices are often referred to as midsummer day and midwinter day.
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