First day of summer 2023 - First day of winter 2023
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Updated: May 25,2023
Summer 2023 in Georgia.
The first day of summer (June solstice) is when the sun is in its most northern position directly over the Tropic of Cancer. This is referred to as astronomical summer or the summer solstice.
Astronomical summer starts at different times around the planet because of the different time zones as related to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, same as Greenwich Mean Time based on the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London [1]). For countries located west of UTC your summer will start earlier than countries located east of UTC.
Astronomical and Meteorological Summer.
Astronomical Summer is determined by the changing positions of the earth relative to the sun giving us the solstices and equinoxes. Seasons are caused by the tilt of the earth on its axis by 23.5 degrees. The tilt of the earth does not change as it goes around the sun so in the Northern Hemisphere the earth is tilted toward the sun in June and away from the sun in December[2]. When the sun is over the equator you have the equinoxes and when the sun is over the Tropic of Cancer in the most northern position you have the summer solstice and conversely when the sun is over the most southern position over the Tropic of Capricorn you have the winter solstice. The summer solstice occurs in the Northern Hemisphere between the dates of June 20 to 22 followed by the September equinox - September 21 to 23 and then the Winter solstice - December 20 to 23 and finally the March equinox - March 19 to 21. The United States, most of North America, Europe and many countries in the Northern Hemisphere use astronomical summer to determine when summer season officially starts and ends.
Meteorological Summer is determined by the annual temperature cycles and the Gregorian calendar. Meteorological summer starts June 1st in the Northern Hemisphere and lasts 3 months (June, July, and August) with Autumn Season (September, October, and November) and Winter Season (December, January, and February) and finally Spring Season (March, April, and May). Australia and New Zealand in the Southern Hemisphere use meteorological summer thus the months of December, January, and February to determine their summer season.
Many countries around the world depending on their latitude will use different methods to determine the start of summer. Some of these methods are dependent on the longest day measured, cultural festivals, temperatures and traditional calendar systems. More of these timing methods to determine summer can be found on Wikipedia.org.
References: 1.”Greenwich Mean Time” - Wikipedia, wikipedia.org. 2.”Earths tilt and Seasons” - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, noaa.gov.
Summer Name(s): Summer, Summer solstice, June solstice Type: Season When: Astronomical - Jun 20th to 22nd Meteorological - June, July, and August (Northern Hemisphere)
Dates for Summer.
Year Summer Starts Summer Ends Summer 2022 Tuesday, June 21 2022 Friday, September 23 2022 Summer 2023 Wednesday, June 21 2023 Saturday, September 23 2023 Summer 2024 Friday, June 21 2024 Sunday, September 22 2024 Summer 2025 Saturday, June 21 2025 Monday, September 22 2025 Summer 2026 Sunday, June 21 2026 Wednesday, September 23 2026 Summer 2027 Monday, June 21 2027 Thursday, September 23 2027.
Summer Name(s): Summer, Summer solstice, June solstice Type: Season When: Astronomical - Jun 20th to 22nd Meteorological - June, July, and August (Northern Hemisphere)
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Start and end dates of Winter Winter 2022, 2023, 2024.
The transition from fall to winter always takes place in December. This date is not however fixed because it depends on that of the winter solstice which takes place according to the years on December 20, 21, 22 or 23.
This year the Winter will start on Wednesday December 21, 2022 (day of the winter solstice) and will end on Monday March 20, 2023 with the spring equinox.
* The dates of winter given on this page are for the northern hemisphere (Dates for the US).
Snowy winter.
Start and end dates of the Winter season: 2022 to 2026.
The table below will allow you to view the winter start and end dates for the years 2022 , 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The winter period spans the following 4 months: December, January, February and March.
Be careful the date of the beginning of winter is not fixed and can vary from one year to another . Although it falls most often on December 21 or 22, it happens exceptionally that winter begins on December 20 or 23.
Dates of the Winter season 2022 to 2026 Season Winter start date Winter end date Winter 2022 Wednesday, December 21, 2022 Monday, March 20, 2023 Winter 2023 Thursday, December 21, 2023 Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Winter 2024 Saturday, December 21, 2024 Thursday, March 20, 2025 Winter 2025 Sunday, December 21, 2025 Friday, March 20, 2026 Winter 2026 Monday, December 21, 2026 Saturday, March 20, 2027.
Date of the meteorological Winter: 2022 to 2026.
If the astronomical or calendrical seasons begin with the equinoxes (spring and autumn) and solstices (summer and winter), in meteorology, they begin earlier and correspond to periods of three full months.
In the northern hemisphere the dates of the meteorological Winter extend from December 1 to February 28 (29 in case of a leap year) : month of December, January and March.
For the year 2022 the meteorological winter will begin on Thursday, December 1, 2022 and will end on Wednesday, February 28, 2023.
Dates of the meteorological Winter 2022 to 2026 Year Dates of the meteorological Winter 2022 From December 1, 2022 to February 28, 2022 2023 From December 1, 2023 to February 28, 2023 2024 From December 1, 2024 to February 29, 2024 2025 From December 1, 2025 to February 28, 2025 2026 From December 1, 2026 to February 28, 2026.
Other seasons.
You can check the spring, summer and autumn dates for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 on our four seasons page. More detailed information on each season is also available on our dedicated pages. We invite you to click on the season of your choice in the table below.
The four seasons The four seasons Winter Spring Summer Autumn.
Winter and additional links.
For more details on the winter season, we invite you to consult the wikipedia article dedicated to winter. The site timeanddate.com will allow you to consult the dates and times of the seasons for the geographical area of your choice.
Page updated March 26, 2023.
First day of summer 2023 - First day of winter 2023
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