when is the beginning of the summer of 2020? What are the differences between the calendrical and meteorological beginning of summer? We explain to them the summer solstice.
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The most important information for the start of summer 2020 we have summarized here.
Munich – Every year, people look forward to balmy summer evenings in the nature. The days are finally longer, outdoors blooms, everything and in the morning you will be awakened by the chirping of the birds. And the weather* seems to be entirely on the side of the summer lovers: this year, we should expect according to the expert evaluation, by the way, an extremely hot summer.
But when the summer is actually the beginning ? On this question there is not just one, but several answers. What does that mean and what do the summer solstice with everything, we can tell here.
+ in The summer of 2020 could be extremely hot.©dpa / Daniel Bockwoldt
when is the meteorological beginning of summer 2020?
summer begins to meteorological time each year at 01. June and ends on 31. August. According to the meteorological Definition, include the summer are therefore the months of June, July and August, which was determined for practical reasons, for the recording of statistics.
meteorologists use this Definition to create four seasons of constant length and to ensure the statistical comparability of weather records and climate data over long periods of time.
when is the calendar beginning of summer 2020?
Astronomical and, thus, calendar terms, the summer is defined at the beginning but in a different way. Here is the summer , later, begins, on the longest day of the year, the day of the summer solstice and 20 this year. June, at exactly 23.45 . At this time, the summer in the Northern hemisphere and ends in the southern hemisphere.
summer in the beginning of 2020: What is the summer solstice?
The summer solstice takes place in 2020 on the 20. June instead. It is the longest day of the year, at this time, the on the sun at its northernmost point and on the Northern turn, they reached the highest level on the horizon . Of the day, nearly 17 hours before it goes for only around seven hours in the night. This also means, however, that it is from the 21. June 2020 every day a little earlier darker, until finally, on Monday, 21. December 2020, the winter solstice is reached. On this day we experience the shortest day or the longest night of the year.
summer in the beginning of 2020: traditions for the summer solstice – What is celebrated?
solstice celebrations, Midsummer’s night are one of the oldest traditions in the world and thousands in the different culture to be celebrated since the year circles, you go back to the worship of the sun and were held already in prehistoric times.
One of the largest solstice celebrations in Europe, the stone circles of Stonehenge in the UK to see. In Scandinavia, the Midsommar Festival large, since it falls in the time of the polar tags, the day on which the sun never sets in the Northern polar region. In Germany at the end of June is celebrated on Midsummer day, the summer solstice the festival of St. John. On this day, traditionally the bonfires .
Not to be confused with the beginning of summer is, of course, with the summer time changeover. When this has taken place in 2020, and what is important to note, we have summarized here for you.
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