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August is the eighth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. [1] In the Southern Hemisphere, August is the seasonal equivalent of February in the Northern Hemisphere. In the Northern Hemisphere, August falls in summer. In the Southern Hemisphere, the month falls during winter.
The year's coldest months are December and January, when temperatures average around 10–15 °C (50–59 °F) in the northwest; temperatures rise as one proceeds toward the equator, peaking around 20–25 °C (68–77 °F) in mainland India's southeast. Summer or pre-monsoon season, lasting from March to May. In western and southern regions ...
A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, that is approximately as long as a natural phase cycle of the Moon; the words month and Moon are cognates.The traditional concept of months arose with the cycle of Moon phases; such lunar months ("lunations") are synodic months and last approximately 29.53 days, making for roughly 12.37 such months in one Earth year.
The arrival of August marks the true dog days of summer!As temperatures soar and days stretch lazily into warm evenings, the final month of summer calls for an increased sense of leisure and ...
One in five to six years has a 53rd week which is usually appended to the last quarter. It is then 98 days instead of 91 days long, which complicates comparisons. In the Chinese calendar, the quarters are traditionally associated with the 4 seasons of the year: Spring: 1st to 3rd month; Summer: 4th to 6th month; Autumn: 7th to 9th month
In Ireland, the summer months according to the national meteorological service, Met Éireann, are June, July and August. By the Irish calendar, summer begins on 1 May and ends on 31 July . [citation needed] During summer in the polar regions, the sun can appear even at midnight.
The lunar seasonal calendar has 13 months [3] that do not correspond to the months of the Gregorian calendar. [4] Twelve of the lunar months (inyanga) of the Zulu calendar have around 28 days. [5] [6] Zulu names for the lunar months are based on observations of nature and seasonal activities. [7] A 13th intercalary month (iNdida) lasts four to ...
August 23, 2024 at 10:19 AM. ... Summer wraps up exactly three months later on Sunday, September 22. What determines the last day of summer? Andreas Jones - Getty Images.