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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.
[11] [12] Summer ends around 7 August, with the solar term of lìqiū (立秋, "establishment of autumn"). In southern and southeast Asia, where the monsoon occurs, summer is more generally defined as lasting from March, April, May and June, the warmest time of the year, ending with the onset of the monsoon rains. [citation needed]
Summer or pre-monsoon season, lasting from March to May. In western and southern regions, the hottest month is April; for northern regions of India, May is the hottest month. Temperatures average around 32–40 °C (90–104 °F) in most of the interior. Monsoon or rainy season, lasting from June to September. The season is dominated by the ...
The calendar year can also be divided into quadrimesters (from French quadrimestre), [5] lasting for four months each. They can also be called the early, middle, or late parts of the year. In the Gregorian calendar: First quadrimester, early year: January 1 – April 30 (120 days or 121 days in leap years)
April's full moon is dubbed the pink moon because it corresponds with the first springtime blooms of the creeping phlox plant or moss phlox, which has a flower with a lavender to rose-colored hue.
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 ...
April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Its length is 30 days. Its length is 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in the Northern Hemisphere , and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere , where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern Hemisphere and vice versa.