Does summer begin in Australia on the day that winter begins in the United States.?
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Solstices are determined by the relationship of the earth to the sun, so yes.
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I believe you are referring to the changes in the seasons.  Because the rotational axis of the earth is tilted a bit more than 23 degrees away from it's orbital plane the earth gets a bit more in the way of the sun (so to speak) as winter approaches so sunrise is a bit later each day, and sunset a bit earlier.  After the winter solstice less and less of the earth is in the way, so sunrise starts a bit earlier each day, and sunset a bit later, until the summer solstice.  Interestingly dusk is longer in the winter because the sun rises and sets at more of an angle to the horizon.  For the same reason, in the tropics dusk is shorter because the sun rises and sets more nearly vertical.  In the more northern part of the northern hemisphere and the more southern part of the southern hemisphere dusk may last all night long in the summer (culminating in the "midnight sun" north of the arctic or south of the antarctic circles).  In addition, due to the refraction of the atmosphere we see the sun earlier than actual sunrise and later than actual sunset (the atmosphere acts as sort of a lens).
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I live in Alaska, so pay attention.  The earth is tilted; it doesn't spin at a right angle to the sun.  In summer, the north pole is tilted toward the sun, and as a result, the sun appears to circle the horizon, never actually setting.  In the winter, the opposite occurs.  The sun may peak over the southern horizon, but further north it never really rises.  In spring and fall, there is no difference from the rest of the U.S.
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Its hard to say, i live in australia and so i love the summer and going to the beach for a surf, but at the same time I like the winter and going to the snow and snowboarding. I think i would have to say summer though. With 11,000 beaches to choose from its hard not to like summer here. Everything just comes alive here. The down side is that we get a lot of bushfires and a lot of people get affected by it.
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It depends on what time of year it is and whether it is winter and summer.
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Australia,\n7pm, Friday 7th May
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The generally accepted Season of Winter commences on 12/21 or the Winter Solstice and ends roughly 3 months later or 3/21 or the spring equinox - Depending on where you live (hemispherically speaking).  This is for a northern hemisphere location.  For souther hemisphere it would be 6/21 through 9/21 for the winter season.
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The seasons are determined by the tilt of the Earth.  The Earth's rotation goes about an axis with the ends at the poles.  But that axis isn't parallel to the Earth's orbit.  It's slanted by about 20 degrees.  In the months of June, July and August, the North Pole is tilted toward the Sun.  That means that the Northern Hemisphere gets more sunlight more directly, which makes it have longer days and higher temperatures.  In December, January and February, the North Pole tilts away from the Sun, meaning it gets relatively little sunlight and that is less intense.  So it has short days and low temperatures.  The South Pole points in the opposite direction from the North, so the Southern Hemisphere has opposite seasons.\n\nWhat New York has to do with any of this I don't know.
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SPRING BEGINS on March 20th at 06:49 AM\n\nDiary Entry: March 06, 2006\nWhen Does Spring Begin?\nThe beginning of spring depends on how you define the season. Astronomically speaking, spring begins two weeks from today, when the Sun will be directly overhead at the equator. If you are into accounting spring began on March 1st. By convention, official weather records consider the three months of March-May as spring in the Northern Hemisphere. This is solely to make climate comparisons between years and locations possible. More organically, spring is when temperatures begin to rise and cyclonic activity, or storminess, begins to decrease. On average winter temperatures in New York bottom out in mid-January, slowly rise through February before taking off in early-March.
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umm. where at? because the eastern and western hemisphere's experience opposite seasons.\n\npablodiablo1981 is correct, i made a mistake. it is southern and northern.
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Yahoo's day starts again at midnight PST (Pacific Standard Time, west coast, USA)\n\nhere is a time converter, as you do not say if you are on the east or west coast of Australia.\n\nConvert your time to Los Angles, California, USA, then see how long til midnight in California\n\nIt is about 4 hours from right now.
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Is the winter in the southern hemisphere. Starts the 21st of june and ends the 21st of september.
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Yes.  Why is the shortest day of the year the _beginning_ of winter?  It should be the middle.  Winter should start six weeks before the shortest day of the year, and summer, six weeks before the longest.
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The sun appears at night in places in the far northern reaches during June. North of the Arctic Circle (66.5 degrees north latitude), the "midnight sun" appears.\n\nThe phenomenon also occurs around the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere, but south of the Antarctic Circle (66.5 degrees south). So it's not in any single country, but those places north or south of the given lines of latitude.
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id say start at the end of march or begining of april.. thats usually when the water also starts to warm more
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Speaking strictly from the stand point of the alignment of the earth in relation to the sun, it starts on December 22nd.\n\nHowever, the meteorological winter begins on December 1.  The National Weather Service breaks down the seasons by months rather than using the solstices and equinoxes.\n\nIt goes like this:\n\nWinter\n---------\nDecember, January and February\n\nSpring\n--------\nMarch, April and May\n\nSummer\n-----------\nJune, July and August\n\nAutumn\n----------\nSeptember, October, November\n\nThese dates hold true for any location in the United States, not just Minnesota.  Acutally, these dates would hold true for anywhere north of the equator, but I am talking about the United States NWS...so I am limiting the points made to the US.
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Summer and Winter in the Northern Hemisphere, i.e. for countries north of the equator are seasons that occur, along with Spring and Autumn (or Fall) as follows.\n\nSpring : March 21st to June 21st.\nSummer : June 22nd to September 21st.\nAutumn : September 22nd to December 21st\nWinter : December 22nd to March 20th.\n\n\nHowever the seasons are seen differently. Most people see Spring as starting in mid-March until mid June and Summer from then until September but Autumn until late October with Winter from then until the following march.\n\nIn the Southern hemisphere, south of the equator the seasons are reversed by six months so they would be\n\nAutumn : March 21st to June 21st\nWinter : June 22nd to September 21st\nSpring : September 22nd to December 21st\nSummer : December 22nd to March 20th.\n\nIn Australia Christmas Day is usually spent having a barbecue on the beach.\n\nThe reason for this difference is due to the Earth tilting as it orbits the Sun so that every six months the two poles become 'reversed' as far as closeness or proximity to the Sun is concerned.