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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 summer solstice or estival solstice [i] occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere ( Northern and Southern ). 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 ...
Before then it was called Quintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March. [1] It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of the Southern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year ...
Summer wraps up exactly three months later on Sunday, September 22. What determines the last day of summer? Andreas Jones - Getty Images. Over in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, it may feel like the end of ...
July is National Picnic Month. Here are 31 picnic-perfect recipes to pack your basket with, including salads, sides, sandwiches, drinks and desserts.
The Latinate names estival solstice (summer) and hibernal solstice (winter) are sometimes used to the same effect, [17] as are midsummer and midwinter. June solstice and December solstice refer to the months of year in which they take place, [18] with no ambiguity as to which hemisphere is the context.
Midsummer is a celebration of the season of summer, taking place on or near the date of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere; the longest day of the year. The name "midsummer" mainly refers to summer solstice festivals of European origin.
A small islet in Venice that used to only pop up during the summer months due to high tides can now be enjoyed year-round thanks to the city’s flood barriers.. Venetians have long enjoyed this ...