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Round here (GB) the standard, as reflected in decorative calendars and the like, seems to be: Spring: Mar, Apr, May Summer: Jun, Jul, Aug Autumn: Sep, Oct, Nov Winter: Dec, Jan, Feb Works for me.
I always tell my kids if they wanna accurately measure the seasons they must use astronomical seasons, which are more accurate
“One sort of optional thing you might do is realize that there are six seasons instead of four. The poetry of four seasons is all wrong for this part of the planet, and this may explain why we are depressed so much of the time. I mean, spring doesn’t feel like spring a lot of the time, and November is all wrong for autumn, and so on. Here is the truth about the seasons: Spring is May and June. What could be springier…
Start of summer.. June 21st? Is this statement true for US? Another thing to put in mind, besides Fahrenheit, yards, lbs.. at least time (besides 12 hour clock) seem to conform with the rest of the world...
”Winter was short, this year”. “Spring came early”. It does not make sense to tie these concepts to a calendar. Summer is when you dare to dip your toes in the ocean. In winter we have a meter of ice. I generally place vacation weeks in July and august, because the weather is nice and other people are on vacation as well. The statement that the seasons are wrong, does not make sense. To tie these names to a calendar,…
I'm with you. Australia calls December "summer". If climate patterns changed and shifted our weather patterns by a month, we'd shift our season vernacular to match. Seasons refer to the climate we experience. They're a human experience, not calendar slot.
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In Ireland, in February, the days warm up often into the double digits, galanthus are flowering, grass begins to take on its spring green, and I am to believe that this is still the depths of winter. No, rejected. Dismissing this article as "American" is misguided at best.
No, late february is not the depths of winter, it's the very end of winter
What is he on about? Ah, american. Ok.
In Ireland, in February, the days warm up often into the double digits, galanthus are flowering, grass begins to take on its spring green, and I am to believe that this is still the depths of winter. No, rejected. Dismissing this article as "American" is misguided at best.
So Winter is Nov, Dec, Jan - and Spring is Feb, March, April. Which honestly, makes sense to me.
Except it's the middle of April, I'm freezing, and got pelted with hail yesterday. The west coast cares little for seasons!
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In Ireland, in February, the days warm up often into the double digits, galanthus are flowering, grass begins to take on its spring green, and I am to believe that this is still the depths of winter. No, rejected. Dismissing this article as "American" is misguided at best.
I think it's interesting that traditionally Ireland used a different calendar for seasons - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_calendar So Winter is Nov, Dec, Jan - and Spring is Feb, March, April. Which honestly, makes sense to me. Except it's the middle of April, I'm freezing, and got pelted with hail yesterday. The west coast cares little for seasons!
I find that Japanese Sekki line up almost perfectly in North Co. Cork https://smallseasons.guide/