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In Scotland, the summer holiday begins in late June and ends in mid-to-late August. Similarly, in Canada the summer holiday starts on the last or second-last Friday in June and ends in late August or on the first Tuesday of September, with the exception of when that date falls before Labour Day, in which case, ends on the second Tuesday of the ...
An Indian summer is a period of unseasonably warm, dry weather that sometimes occurs in autumn in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Several sources describe a true Indian summer as not occurring until after the first frost, or more specifically the first "killing frost". [1] [2] [3]
The cicada (semi) is a common late summer kigo. cicada (蝉 semi) – late summer – known for their cries; lesser cuckoo (時鳥 hototogisu) – all summer – a bird in the cuckoo family noted for its song; jellyfish (海月 kurage, lit. "sea moon") mosquito (蚊 ka) snake (蛇 hebi)
The dog days or dog days of summer are the hot, sultry days of summer. They were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius (known colloquially as the "Dog Star"), which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat , drought , sudden thunderstorms , lethargy , fever , mad dogs , and bad luck .
The season is dominated by the humid southwest summer monsoon, which slowly sweeps across the country beginning in late May or early June. Monsoon rains begin to recede from North India at the beginning of October. South India typically receives more rainfall. Post-monsoon or autumn season, lasting from October to November. In the northwest of ...
Some of the hottest weather of the year so far will settle over the Los Angeles area as a late-summer heat wave sprawls from California, Nevada and Arizona to Oregon, Washington and Idaho ...
Last-minute summer vacations in Africa. Always dreamed of taking a safari? There are still spots left for late June and August departures for Collette’s African Safari: Kenya and Tanzania tour ...
Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time.