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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. The opposite event is the winter solstice. The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere's ...
This year, the first day of summer, also known as the summer solstice, is Thursday, June 20. The true solstice will arrive in the Northern Hemisphere at exactly 4:51 p.m. EST.
Memorial Day is usually the unofficial beginning of summer. But, in reality the first official day of summer is Thursday, June 20, 2024.
This year, the first day of astronomical summer, also known as the summer solstice, is Thursday, June 20. The true solstice will arrive in the Northern Hemisphere at exactly 3:51 p.m.
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.
The true solstice will arrive in the Northern Hemisphere at exactly 4:51 p.m. EST.
Xiàzhì or Geshi (Chinese and Japanese: 夏至; Korean: 하지(Haji); Vietnamese: Hạ chí; lit. summer's extreme) is the 10th solar term, and marks the summer solstice. It begins when the Sun reaches the celestial longitude of 90° (around 21 June) and ends when the Sun reaches the longitude of 105° (around 7 July).
The exact start date of summer depends on who you ask. Climate scientists often identify June 1 as the first day of the meteorological summer. For those tuned in to the astronomical calendar ...