Are you ready for the start of meteorological spring?
This is different than the vernal equinox, which occurs on March 20.Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletterAfter recent winter storms and much-colder-than-average temperatures impacting parts of the West this February, spring can't come soon enough for many.The arrival of spring you've probably heard about before is known as the vernal equinox. That's the moment in time when the sun's most direct rays are shining on the equator.
The coldest three months of the year in the Northern Hemisphere are usually from the beginning of December through the end of February, while the warmest three months are typically from the beginning of June through the end of August.Advertisement And these three-month temperature buckets don't line up nearly as well with the astronomical seasons. For example, late December through late March is astronomical winter.
A generic, sample trace of average high and low daily temperatures the year. The coldest three months of the year are known as meteorological winter. The hottest such three months are meteorological summer. The transition between those two are meteorological spring and fall.
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