No It's Not!

[Jonathan Jarvis]

I found myself shouting at the TV yesterday (again).

Two announcers on the BBC ( they should have known better) said that 1st June was the first day of summer. Summer starts on the solstice on 21 June.

 

[Oafman]

Summer starts when we first get a sunny day, and is officially declared by the tabloid press. "Phew what a scorcher" etc. This can occur as early as April. On the following day, when it starts to pour with rain again, we lament the end of the summer, and book overseas holidays.

 

[Cearbhall]

Summer starts on the solstice on 21 June.

Yes! Pet peeve of mine, as well. It's fine when they're talking about the weather, though, because summer does start 1 June in meteorology.

 

[Genersis]

Summer start too soon and never ends fast enough.

 

[Jonathan Jarvis]

Summer start too soon and never ends fast enough.

Hay fever or Mr Grumpy?

 

[Jonathan Jarvis]

Yes! Pet peeve of mine, as well. It's fine when they're talking about the weather, though, because summer does start 1 June in meteorology.

So its all the government's fault for the confusion. See link http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learnin...ther/how-weather-works/when-does-spring-start

 

[Genersis]

Hay fever or Mr Grumpy?

Yes.

 

[estadalamoo]

I found myself shouting at the TV yesterday (again).

Two announcers on the BBC ( they should have known better) said that 1st June was the first day of summer. Summer starts on the solstice on 21 June.

Shout all you want, they can't hear you. I know because I've shouted countless times at the TV and it still continues to be stupid.

 

[NIrelandGillian]

My son, who is autistic, would agree with you about the summer solstice thing and summer starting on that date, but I don't think he's shouted at the tv. I tend to think of the 1st of June as the start of summer but I gather that's technically wrong.

The first day of summer weather, as someone else has suggested, can be any time. We've even had nice summery weather in January on one occasion.

Gillian