In north we use a more conservative definition: A summer day is a day with maximum temperature above 20 degrees Celcius (68 Fahrenheit).
So far this summer we've had only three summer days in our town. No swimming in the fjord. Usually wearing a fleece jacket when going outdoor. Some people think it's been a chill summer.
I have a somewhat more optimistic view. I define a summer day as any day with 20 hours of light. We've had many of them, since the mid of May.
And still we're only in July. We might even get some warm days before the fall comes >:)
(A random summer picture from my archives, taken some years ago, on a nice summer day out in the archipelago on the coast, some four hours with the fast catamaran from our town)
I think it makes more sense to classify it in terms of light than by temperature. Of course, we've had lots and lots of summer days in North Carolina...for light *and* temperature!
ReplyDeleteSeems like you're having a great summer in NC >:)
DeleteI am cold, oh so cold, and hate this so-called summer in the North this year. I am fleeing (a climate refugee) to TX and NC. I heard they have warmer weather... ;) I am happiest when the temperature in my office is 28c or above.
ReplyDeleteFrom Elizabeth's comment above, it seems like you'll get some nice summer days in NC, and Texas is almost always hot. Enjoy your trip to the USA!
DeleteWe are having opposite winters. We've had 20 days over 90 degrees--almost double normal for this time of summer. I think, though, like you, where you are, the daylight would be the biggie. We are a lot farther south--I think I am at 46 degrees latitude, I think, so we NEVER have more than about 17 hours of light, but where you are the dark of winter would seem SO LONG to me. I always notice when my morning commute (7 am) goes from light to dark or dark to light. (goes from dark to light twice because of daylight savings time.)
ReplyDeleteI can live with a cold and rainy summer, just take the weather as it comes. My biggest fear is a mild winter without snow
ReplyDeleteHaving just spent two weeks in Cape Town's wet and windy winter weather, I'm ambivalent. The Highveldt winter's can be freezing (although this year was quiet mild, not many days the midday temperature dropped below 10 dgs C), the days a re sunny and bright. But the mist swirling around the mountain, the soft rain and the cozy log fires in Cape Town have their own appeal.
ReplyDeleteBut, whether Cape Town or Johannesburg, I'll stay in the southern hemisphere thanks, your northern summers are too cold for me, so I wouldn't survive the winters!
My kids want to live in the north during winter and in New Zeeland in the summer (ours) to be able to ski all year
DeleteSorry for all the typos - I clearly left my spelling brain back in Cape Town!! :)
ReplyDeleteGood to see you still master the puctuations >;)
DeleteGood series of posts you had
Summer came and saw and conquered--a summer day is one where the dandelions shine and the grass starts to die.
ReplyDeleteAnd now it's gone. Fall is coming. Feels like this year we didn't have summer. No problem, I'm getting used to it, and August has been nice >:)
DeleteHmmm....I'm wondering where you've been. Did Summer eat you?
ReplyDeleteI've been here and there and everywhere, just not writing. But now I'm back >:)
DeleteCold- Looks you're on hiatus this summer, too. We've had an unusually hot summer this year. Too hot for me. In New England, 68 is definitely summer day! But we've had hot days and even warm nights, which I'm not used to and I don't much like. I'm looking forward to autumn.
ReplyDeleteHope your summer has warmed for you. ;)
Seems like this summer has been extreme in many places. Maybe it's an effect of global warming. Working for BigOil, I'm probably the one to blame. August has been nice though, in particular after kids returned to school. Bad luck.
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