The cycle of the seasons is not symmetrical, and it does not at all mirror the progression of the solstices and equinoxes. The vernal equinox was Monday. The mean temperature (average of low and high) ...

Days will become ´shorter´ from now on… this means less daylight. If you like the ´longer days,´ then your excitement will diminish every day, little by little. To be exact, you will lose between 1 ...

You might hear the term "autumn equinox" tossed around Sept. 22 on the first day of fall. But what exactly does that mean? Is it different from a solstice? Yes, actually. They mark seasonal changes ...

Day and night will get equal time for a brief moment Monday as much of the world heads into fall. The autumnal equinox marks the start of the fall season for the Northern Hemisphere and the spring in ...

Although meteorological summer and the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season both began already, on June 1, another measuring stick for summer's arrival will come this weekend. This Friday, June 20, is the ...

Twice a year, the sun doesn’t play favorites. Everyone on Earth is seemingly on equal status – at least when it comes to the amount of light and dark that they get. On Monday, we enter our second and ...

WASHINGTON — The winter solstice, the astronomical start of winter, is this weekend. For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the ...

Peak sunshine has arrived in the Northern Hemisphere — the summer solstice. Friday is the longest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical summer. It’s ...