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The summer solstice is actually the same thing as the "first day of summer," so it also takes place on Thursday, June 20. Specifically, it'll occur at 4:50 p.m. EST.
First day of spring: March 19, 2024. First day of summer: June 20, 2024. First day of fall: Sept. 22, 2024. First day of winter: Dec. 21, 2024. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: When ...
The 2024 summer solstice takes place Thursday, June 20, at 4:50 p.m. ET. The summer solstice is the longest day of the year , when the sun is at its highest point in the sky.
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.
Late Roman Republic scholar Marcus Terentius Varro defined spring as lasting from the seventh day before the Ides of Februarius (7 February) to the eighth day before the Ides of Maius (8 May). [14] The spring season in India is culturally in the months of March and April, with an average temperature of approx 32 °C. [15]
2024 European floods. 2024 Spain floods. The death toll from the floods in Spain, primarily in the Valencian Community, increases to 161, with dozens of others still missing. Health and environment. Climate change in Europe
Memorial Day is usually the unofficial beginning of summer. But, in reality the first official day of summer is Thursday, June 20, 2024.
Diagram of Earth's seasons as seen from the north. Far left: summer solstice for the Northern Hemisphere. Front right: summer solstice for the Southern Hemisphere. Although the summer solstice is the longest day of the year for that hemisphere, the dates of earliest sunrise and latest sunset vary by a few days. [8]