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Some schools that operate summer session are sometimes referred to as having "trimesters", with the summer session being the third annual session. For instance, the University of Michigan and Brigham Young University , have Fall semester that operates from September through December and a Winter trimester that runs from January through April.
In temperate and sub-polar regions, four seasons based on the Gregorian calendar are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn (fall), and winter. Ecologists often use a six-season model for temperate climate regions which are not tied to any fixed calendar dates: prevernal, vernal, estival, serotinal, autumnal, and hibernal.
In most schools in Japan, there are four main breaks: one or two weeks from late March to early April (Spring) [note 1], about a month from late July to the end of August (Summer), the Health & Sports Day weekend (Fall), and two weeks over the year-end and New Year period from late December to early January (Winter). There are some exceptions ...
The amount of Sun energy reaching a location on Earth ("insolation", shown in blue) varies through the seasons.As it takes time for the seas and lands to heat or cool, the surface temperatures will lag the primary cycle by roughly a month, although this will vary from location to location, and the lag is not necessarily symmetric between summer and winter.
Tropical savanna climate (Dry summer: As, dry winter: Aw). Tropical climate is the first of the five major climate groups in the Köppen climate classification identified with the letter A . Tropical climates are defined by a monthly average temperature of 18 °C (64 °F) or higher in the coolest month, featuring hot temperatures and high ...
[1]: 27 The atmospheric circulation in these seasons represent a transition between winter–summer and summer–winter respectively. [1]: 28 In general, the northern parts of the country have four seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall (autumn). [11] In the south, only two seasons are present: a dry and a wet season. [11]
Amidst a steady flurry of last-minutes changes by the broadcast networks, TVLine’s presents the latest version of our annual Fall TV Grid. And it’s looking mist unusual, rife with reruns ...
Many cultures celebrate various combinations of the winter and summer solstices, the equinoxes, and the midpoints between them, leading to various holidays arising around these events. During the southern or winter solstice , Christmas is the most widespread contemporary holiday, while Yalda , Saturnalia , Karachun , Hanukkah , Kwanzaa , and ...