- Summer - Wikipedia
Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn At or centred on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice
- Summer - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Summer happens to the north and south sides of the Earth at opposite times of the year In the north part of the world, summer takes place between the months of June and September, and in the south part of the world, it takes place between December and March
- Summer solstice - Wikipedia
The summer solstice is the day with the longest period of daylight and shortest night of the year in that hemisphere, when the sun is at its highest position in the sky At either pole there is continuous daylight at the time of its summer solstice
- Season - Wikipedia
Summer is defined as the quarter of the year with the greatest insolation and winter as the quarter with the least The solar seasons change at the cross-quarter days, which are about 3–4 weeks earlier than the meteorological seasons and 6–7 weeks earlier than seasons starting at equinoxes and solstices
- When Does Summer Start? | Britannica - Encyclopedia Britannica
In astronomical terms, the start of summer can be defined very precisely: it begins on the summer solstice, which occurs on June 20 or 21 in the Northern Hemisphere and on December 21 or 22 in the Southern Hemisphere
- Season - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Summer is a warm season because the days are longer and the Sun is high in the sky, giving direct light to the ground Winter is a cold season because the days are shorter and the Sun is low in the sky, giving indirect light to the ground
- summer - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
summer (countable and uncountable, plural summers) One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag
- Summer | Sunshine, Heatwaves, Vacations | Britannica
summer, warmest season of the year, between spring and autumn In the Northern Hemisphere, it is usually defined as the period between the summer solstice (year’s longest day), June 21 or 22, and the autumnal equinox (day and night equal in length), September 22 or 23; and in the Southern Hemisphere, as the period between December 22 or 23
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