Today is the first day of Spring. Some pedants insist on waiting another three weeks until the astronomical change of seasons, but the reality is that September first marks the shift of seasons because the seasonal change begins around now.
What that means is that the rain starts to ease up, the temperatures rise with some warmth, even heat, in the sunlight and the days are getting noticeably longer. Jackets start to become unnecessary as the air warms and in general it’s just more pleasant to be outside.
Some of our best, prettiest days are in Spring. So are some of the hottest, in late Spring. It’s a good season.
In Chicago, Spring was my close second-favourite season (next to summer) because it marked the final departure of winter, its bitter cold, snow, ice and big piles of stained, gray icy mounds. In Auckland, where the climate is far better, Spring is less of a big deal, but it’s still my second-favourite season next to summer. But summer is far and away my favourite season—and that’s now only three months away.
2 comments:
I guess I'm Some Pendant, because the two worst snowstorms in Albany, NY history, 1888 and 1993, were in mid-March. I'll wait until the 21st. BTW, I remember only the latter storm personally.
On tonight's One News from TVNZ, they reported on how various parts of the country fared during winter, so they're treating the winter as over, too.
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