When is midsummer exactly?

I don't want the June solstice, Lammas, or any of the other phony artificial definition -- I want one based on climate alone which will be different for each location.





We might divide the year into four equal parts, centering summer and winter on the temperature extrema.





And the each of the seasons into early, middle, and late. With each piece lasting 1 month.





However, in midspring and midfall, the avg. daily temperature can change 10 times faster than in midsummer and midwinter.





Should the seasons be defined by equal temperature bands or equal time bands?





Or, we could say winter is in between the frosts, and thus cold enough to snow (32ºF), summer is when you can sleep outside in a T-shirt (65ºF+)





This definition however, would be subject to cultural interpretation, i.e. what I would call winter (cold enough to snow), might rarely happen to a Georgian, or be called spring to a Alaskan, though we both live in a place with 4 seasons and temperate climate.

When is midsummer exactly?
You raise an interesting question. I was raised in Nebraska and midsummer seemed to be around August. I now live in California and midsummer (temperature wise) seems to be later. We have had some seriously hot (I mean people dying of the heat, serious) weather as late as October. So I would say late August to mid September.
Reply:It stays warmer later on the west coast, but FYI the warmest day in Los Angeles (for example) according to the climate normals is August 5:





http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/cl...


http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/lox/cl...





which I am sure most of the voters were unaware of. Report It

Reply:By your criteria, seems like midwinter %26amp; midsummer should be around the average days of the year which are coldest %26amp; warmest. For many locations in the cental to eastern U.S., these are somewhere around January 22 %26amp; July 22. So according to the standard 3 month meteorological seasons (June-August, etc.), they are about a week past the midpoint of those.





Yet I thought about the same thing and wrote this:





http://www.joseph-bartlo.net/articles/03...





where a year is split into 4 seasons of equal average temperature change - and yes, the periods of winter and summer like weather are much longer than spring and autumn like weather. The midpoints of my calculated Winter %26amp; Summer seasons (first list) are January 19 %26amp; July 26. As you suggest, this can be done for any particular location.
Reply:I think mid summer is like the end of July, but it seems like after the 4th summer is almost gone and they start putting the back to school stuff out. Sad.
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