Richard says that "it's rare to see winter weather in March" Unless you are in Scotland of course. It was snowing here yesterday!
Dennis Cowan Sent from Samsung Mobile <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Richard Mallett <[email protected]> </div><div>Date:07/03/2016 17:29 (GMT+00:00) </div><div>To: John Pickard <[email protected]>, Sundial List <[email protected]> </div><div>Subject: Re: It's still summer in Sydney (or is it?) </div><div> </div>On 06/03/2016 22:52, John Pickard wrote: > Good morning all (and especially those in the Northern Hemisphere > still stuck in winter), > > The following letter appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald (Saturday 5 > March 2016, p. 39) > > "Still summer in Sydney. > > It's hard not to be amused by the apparently genuine surprise > expressed this past week - mainly by television weather presenters - > at the high temperatures being recorded around the country 'in the > first week of autumn'. I'm not sure which authority declared that > autumn starts on March 1; however the change of seasons is an > immutable astronomical event resulting from a shift in the earth's > axis each three months on the two equinoxes and the two solstices, > which coincide with the human invented calendar dates of > (approximately) March and September 21; and June and December 21. So > it has not been an amazingly hot start to "autumn'; it is still summer > and will be for nearly three more weeks. > > Martyn Yeomans, St Ives." > > > Relying on TV weather presenters for anything other than a forecast > taken directly from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (in our case) > is a bit silly. TV presenters are selected on their good looks (that's > why I didn't make it!), laser-whitened teeth, and their ability to > smile while talking under wet cement. They are never selected on their > knowledge of anything. > > And yes, it is still summery here, temperatures in high 20s, > wall-to-wall blue sky. Lovely! > > Cheers, John > > Dr John Pickard > [email protected] > > In a VERY sunny Sydney. > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > > > Meteorologically, in the Northern hemisphere, the seasons are :- Winter - December, January, February Spring - March, April, May Summer - June, July, August Autumn - September, October, November Of course, we can have an 'Indian summer' which lasts into September; but it's rare to see winter weather in March. -- -- Richard Mallett Eaton Bray, Dunstable South Beds. UK --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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