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Astronomical seasons should be reckoned by insolation. The seasons should begin at the cross-quarter days in the astronomical view of point. In astronomical view, the Summer Solstice is the "hottest" day of the year. So how can Summer Solstice be the beginning the summer?
Dividing seasons using solstices and equinoxes is just a compromise of meteorological reckoning and days with astronomical meaning. They're just approximate dates, aren't they?
[ |The US Naval Obseravtory publishes "the" national standard data for the dates and times of the solstices and equinoxes. The times given there are in UT (Universal Time -similar to GMT) so they read 5 hours ahead of what clocks are reading in the US's Eastern Standard Time or 4 hours during Eastern Daylight Saving Time. The following values represent the actual/correct dates based on USA time (EST/EDT).
MARCH EQUINOX: usually March 20th; occasionally the 21st; NEVER the 24th or 25th...
JUNE SOLSTICE: usually June 21st; occasionally the 20th...
SEPTEMBER EQUINOX: usually Sept. 23rd; occasionally the 22nd; NEVER (never) the 20th, 21st 24th, 25th...
DECEMBER SOLSTICE: usually Dec. 21st; occasionally the 22nd
So, per the above, the article is incorrect(at 9/11/07 it still was saying "Autumn (90 days) on 21-22 Sept, the autumn equinox"): the Earth NEVER (ever) reaches (USA's) Autumnal Equinox on September 21st. In the US's Eastern Daylight Time zone the Autumnal Equinox usually occurs on September 23rd and occasionally on September 22nd. Therefore I have corrected that line in the main article to say "Sept 22-23" today. earrach9/11/07
- They are traditional dates, any American dates are recent imports. See for instance Ronald Hutton, The Stations of the Sun, pp140-141: "From this ceremony the feast took its popular British name of Candlemas; it marked the formal opening of spring...", p218: "Finally in both under 'Cetsoman' is the definition 'First May, i.e. the first motion...of summer'..." etc.
- Consider also "darling buds of may" in Shakespeare's "summers day": may is hawthorn, but hawthorn blooms are gone by the time of the summer solstice. — Ashley Y 10:11, Apr 19, 2004 (UTC) (also British)
The former "Traditional" section epitomized this page's heavy bias toward temperate zones by presuming to declare their traditions to be universal. I merged that section with "Official" thereby gathering the three main methods for designation into one section.
The astronomical discussion needs to note that "greatest insolation" occurs twice each year in the tropics as the sun passes directly overhead. This negates the universality of the cross-quarter days, which are meaningless in the tropics.
The page is still rather wordy (excessive discussion of Ellesmere, for example) and contains other temperate biases. For example, wet/dry is basically only given lip service. In fact, if one considers flowering trees, there are numerous seasons in the tropics: mango will bear fruit just before the monsoon starts, rambutan bears early in the monsoon, and mangosteen later in the monsoon. The "Ecological" section really should note this relative aspect of seasonality. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martindo ( talk • contribs)
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- By now it has been deleted, and the DAB page dealing with the Arabic/Muslim concept of "season", which offers a bit of info on the side, is now also proposed for deletion. The redirect was plain wrong, I remember now, but what's wrong with having anything on the topic of "Mawsim (season)", dealing with the Arabic and, by acculturation through Islam, the wider Muslim world? Why not start smth new? I'm short on time, but maybe someone else is interested? Arminden ( talk) 20:01, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
Ironically, the only section not dealing with natural science aspects is on the military use of seasons.
Different civilisations have and have had very different approaches. The topic is huge, yet there's absolutely nothing on it. The Arabic/Muslim term mawsim has been brought up here-above, but there is so much more. Human life rotates around seasons. Arminden ( talk) 20:18, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- I have opened a related discussion at Talk:Time cycles. Please coordinate your comments with those from that page. Thank you. Arminden ( talk) 07:22, 4 August 2022 (UTC)
Should we add the Chinese definition of seasons to provide a worldwide view of seasons? In China winter begins when the average temp permanently falls below 10°C, and summer begins when the average temp permanently rises above 22°C. IntegerSequences ( talk | contribs) 07:23, 9 January 2023 (UTC)
- Do you have a
source for that?
HiLo48 (
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https://www.cma.gov.cn/kppd/kppdqxyr/kppdjsqx/201212/t20121208_194908.html
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- @ IntegerSequences: Thanks for suggesting this. I've added a paragraph based on that source. — Mx. Granger ( talk · contribs) 15:14, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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https://www.cma.gov.cn/kppd/kppdqxyr/kppdjsqx/201212/t20121208_194908.html
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Please correct in the reference named SunModel2 the family name of the 2nd Author: "apple" -> "Shelevytsky" similarly like it presented in the reference named SunModel. Thank you! V.Khavrus ( talk) 22:03, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Done
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When does the assigned season start? 112.200.99.238 ( talk) 02:45, 7 June 2023 (UTC)
Annoyingly, the “Modern mid-latitude ecological” section (used mainly by ecologicalists) is NORTHERN HEMISPHERE only, I think there should be smth also with the southern hemisphere aswell, in my opinion. Kaedyn20 ( talk) 10:01, 16 February 2024 (UTC)
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The video of a tree over the course of a year is captioned "Seasonal changes regarding a tree over a year". The seasonal changes aren't 'regarding' the tree, this is a grammatical mistake. The caption should be changed to say "Seasonal changes of a tree over a year" Uselessincarnate ( talk) 03:00, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
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