Opinion
Who knew? I didn’t until I saw a piece about meteorological and astronomical spring on local news.
According to National Centers for Environmental Information, the meteorological seasons were created because traditional seasons varied in length from 89 to 93 days and it was difficult for experts to compare statistics from one year to another.
Source: Accuweather. Link. Meteorological spring is considered to be March, April and May. The other meteorological seasons consist of three consecutive months:
- Meteorological winter is December, January, February.
- Meteorological summer is June, July, August.
- Meteorological fall is September, October, November.
By contrast, the astronomical seasons are:
- Spring begins on the spring equinox; March 20, 2021; 4:37am CDT
- Summer begins on the summer solstice; June 20, 2021; 10:32pm CDT
- Fall (autumn) begins on the fall equinox; September 22, 2021; 2:21pm CDT
- Winter begins on the winter solstice: December 21, 2021; 9:59am CST