We all know that, officially, summer starts June 21st. Glorious day.
But that's just one point of view, apparently. Astronomically, the summer solstice marks the end of spring and the beginning of summer and everyone's familiar with that concept.
But meteorolgists, weather people, have their own way of saying when seasons begin and end. Well, they say summer begins June 1st. So, metorologically, as opposed to astronomically, what marks the end of spring is simply a calendar jump from the month of May to that of June. Which happens to have been yesterday.
In my area (SW Slovenia, near the sea), the month of June always felt summery. Sunny, warm, balmy, nice, pleasant, you name it. Sometimes it was hellishly hot, other times dripping wet, but mostly pleasant and freaking SUMMERY. So pretty much, our area agrees with meteorologists. By the astronomical (ergo, actual) beginning of summer, we were usually sweating like crazy due to the superhot humidity.
Not this year. Oh, no no no. No.
Take a look what the sky looked like yesterday afternoon:
There was a storm cooking up and temperatures were around 16 degrees C (60 degrees F). Not at all summery, June. Not at all.
June, you should really get your shit together!
Because apparently, New York and its surroundings are dealing with a major heat wave. Bless them.
Jules
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