Subjectively, I feel so yes. It seems typically that 21st June - 21st September is warmer than 1st June - 1st September. Of course, I could be wrong. Well, if you find out, let us know -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/city_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003790 Temperature wise it looks to me from the graphs at the bottom as though mid summer is actually around 20th July, which favours the 1st June to 31st Aug lobby.
Definitively?? I fort we lived in a Temperate Maritime climate. Not all of it, in Sunny Essex we have glorious sunshine in abundance. During the day that is, we don't actually have glorious sunshine at night that much.
Indeed, this does appear to be so. I *could* argue that we'd need to break it down by week, but I probably won't Interesting, thanks. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
Fair point, well made. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
and from Merriam Webster: Main Entry: 2spring Function: noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century [...] 3: a time or season of growth or development; specifically : the season between winter and summer comprising in the northern hemisphere usually the months of March, April, and May
And this 'ere from an Oxford Concise: The season when vegetation starts to appear, the first season of the year, from March to May in the Northern Hemisphere... A Shepherd Neame Spitfire, please. Poof.
So *approximately* March to May as some sort of wooly definition, but in astronomical terms: precisely from 21st March to 21st June.
So if we should ever be speaking as astronomers (perhaps once a year if that), 21st March to 21st June. For everyday use, which to all intents and purposes is always, March to May.