At the summer solstice, the Sun reaches its highest point of the year, while at the winter solstice, the noon Sun is the lowest it will be all year. During the summer solstice, the Northern Hemisphere of Earth is tilted towards the Sun, resulting in increased sunlight and warmer temperatures. This can also result in continuous daylight in far northern countries such as Iceland and Norway.
The Equinox and Solstice. Equinox The Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere occurs twice a year around 20 March the spring equinox and around 22 September the autumn equinox. What is the Equilux? At two points in the year the Sun will illuminate the northern and southern hemispheres equally. These are known as the equinoxes: the autumnal equinox and vernal or spring equinox. On these dates, there are approximately equal hours of daylight and darkness. The ecliptic : the plane in which the Earth and most of the other planets orbit around the Sun over a year.
The celestial equator: an imaginary projection of the Earth's equator onto the sky. The autumnal equinox occurs in September, and in the Northern Hemisphere this date marks the end of Summer and beginning of Autumn.
Find out more about the autumnal equinox. This is why we have a leap year every four years to add another day to our calendar. For the same reason the precise time of the equinoxes are not the same each year. Generally they will occur about six hours later each year, with a jump of a day backwards on leap years. The tilt of the Earth produces the seasons, including the changes in weather associated with them.
When the northern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun, it receives more direct sunlight and for a longer portion of the day, so the temperature increases.
Similarly in winter, the reduction in sunlight hours and more glancing angle to the Sun means the air remains colder.
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By the beginning of Summer, vacations to the beech, and long days allow for getting a lot of fun crammed into the day. The last days of summer feel brutally hot and any relief would be welcomed. Enter Autumn The days get noticeably shorter and there is a crispness to the air that you can smell. As we fully embrace Fall, we do so in sweatshirts and light jackets.
The feel of a campfire on your face and backside is so welcomed. Iced tea consumption goes down and cider, both cold and hot, increases. For some reason, I don't drink hot chocolate during the previous two seasons, but I sure do make up for during Fall and Winter. Oh, and Thanksgiving, don't get my started. I love to eat and all that I need is a reason.
Speaking of Winter, this season holds my favorite holiday, Christmas my birthday as well, but His is greater!
Coats, boots, and 4-wheel drive are the order of the day. Going outside is always an adventure. I'm old enough that shoveling snow and cleaning off vehicles it's something that I can do anytime of the day read retired , but snow still brings out my inner child. By the end of Winter, I'm ready for Spring once more. Why do we always seem to get a snow storm when I'm ready for the daffodils to pop up?
I guess it makes me appreciate the coming Spring that much more. Ok, backed against a wall, I'd have to go with Autumn as my favorite season. Cooler days, campfires, Halloween, Thanksgiving, [Christmas season], and all of the decorations that go with each. My favorite season is fall or autumn the only season with 2 names when leaves are falling and changing color it starts to cool down I love the cool weather I come from new England where its beautiful in the fall.
Lived all my life in northerly climes. Retired to southerly climes. Wish I had done this 20 years ago :. Summer and spring are my favorite seasons; I love the warm weather of spring, and also, my birthday's in the summer! August 5. I love decorating my porch, raking leaves and the beautiful color of the trees, pumpkins and warm cider too. We live really close to a acre park and the smell of the campfires in the air is something to remind me fall is here!
The change from hot summer to cool fall is the best. It brings back memories of being in high school going to football games and having parties around a bon fire. The smell of dead leaves brings back so many childhood memories out in the yard playing. And you cant forget Halloween! The best holiday of all!!! But when it comes to winter it sure finds a way to where out its welcome. Being originally from southern New Brunswick, Canada I was brought into this world in late Autumn and my siblings are all 1st.
Farm territory, hunting, fishing, trapping and lumbering! Spent a heck of alot of time on my Grandparents farm which was in my mum's family since approx. My grandfather being a Spencer! Oh, why? Well it's truly the survival season and a lot around the farm reflects all year what one has to do to prepare for it! It has a super blessing of bringing the coldest of cold and this wipes the earth clean of all it's tesitude of diseases and for this one miracle alone I cherish winter!
Have a super winter, hot chocolate, warm cider and a wee dram of what ale's the spirit! Thank you, N.
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