Summer
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Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centered on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and dar
Summer in Belgium
During summer in the polar regions, the sun can appear even at midnight. Photo of midnight sun in Inari, Finland.
Wet season thunderstorm at night in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Image of Hurricane Ida from late August 2021.
Winter
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Winter is the coldest and darkest season of the year in temperate and polar climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring, when the hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun as a result of the til
Summer
…date of the beginning of summer varies according to definition, climate, tradition, and culture. When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. The modern English summer derives from the Middle English somer, via the Old English sumor…
Forest covered in snow during winter in Norway
Part of Patagonia in Argentina and Chile during the beginning of winter in the south.
The Scandinavian and Baltic countries during the beginning of winter in the north.
In the mid-latitudes and polar regions, winter is associated with snow and ice.