Talk:Summer solstice
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An event mentioned in this article is a June 21 selected anniversary.
Combine solstice pages?
I think the solstice pages need to be united, w/ redirects from summer and winter. There also need to be diagrams, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Beginning or middle of season?
"Please note that this midsummer is not the middle of summer, if summer is defined as the warm time of year, because of delayed heating effect. Indeed, summer may be defined to begin with the summer solstice."
- I don't get this, is it being suggested that in the northern hemisphere it's hottest around 15 August? Does anyone have weather data to support this? Phil Plait's description (http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/badseasons.html) seems more logical. - Jeandré, 2004-03-21t08:41z
On the winter page, it states that "Astronomically, it begins with the winter solstice.".
Whereas on the Winter solstice page, it states that "In some reckonings, the winter solstice is the first day of winter"
Both descriptions are correct, but is it possible to make these two articles allign better? --Kelby 21:34, 3 Jun 2004 (UTC)
Blueshade's 2005-04-06t11:10z edit (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Summer_solstice&diff=11953556&oldid=11951671) states that the summer solstice is regarded as the start of summer in countries other than the USA also. Anyone have sources for this? — Jeandré, 2005-04-07t11:23z
- hmm... i happen to live in such country ... here in Poland, summer starts on June 21st/22nd..., autumn on September 22nd/23rd, winter on December 21st/22nd, and spring on March 20th/21st... - Blueshade 23:55, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)