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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.
The Lunar Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. The astronomer's mean tropical year , which is averaged over equinoxes and solstices, is currently 365.24219 days, slightly shorter than the average length of the year in most calendars.
In Ireland, the autumn months according to the national meteorological service, Met Éireann, are September, October, and November. [12] However, according to the Irish Calendar, which is based on ancient Gaelic traditions, autumn lasts throughout the months of August, September, and October, or possibly a few days later, depending on tradition.
The 30-day months always have four Sundays each; and the 31-day months always have five Sundays each. The number of business days (non-weekends) in each month is 26. Since 91 is a multiple of 7, each quarter has 13 weeks and begins on the same day of week.
The months were kept in alignment with the moon, however, by counting the new moon as the last day of the first month and simultaneously the first day of the next month. [4] The system is usually said to have left the remaining two to three months of the year as an unorganized "winter", since they were irrelevant to the farming cycle. [ 4 ]
Stroudsburg experienced its third-wettest August on record this year, which is good news for foliage enthusiasts seeking bright colors this fall. ... as having its best color the week of Oct. 5-11
On Sunday at 2 a.m. local time, the clocks in most, but not all, states will "fall back" by an hour, giving people an extra hour of sleep and allowing for more daylight in the mornings.
For example, if the fiscal year end month is August, the company's year end could fall on any date from August 25 to August 31. In particular, the last fiscal week is the one that includes August 25 and the first fiscal week of the following year is the one that includes September 1. In this scenario, fiscal years would end on the following days: