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I'm not sure any of us are. In the US, summer is colloquially from the last Monday of May to the first Monday of September (Memorial-Labor Days). Many seasona
by 3JPLW 11y ago
I'm not sure any of us are. In the US, summer is colloquially from the last Monday of May to the first Monday of September (Memorial-Labor Days). Many seasonal businesses use this definition for opening or extending hours. And it's within a week or two of what most schools do, too.
Calling the astronomical seasons illogical is quite a stretch. Sure, it's ~18 days off from the average weather patterns, but those can vary substantially from year to year, too. But everyone knows that. And folks are doing just fine.
- umanwizard 11y agoThe Memorial-Labor thing wasn't hard and fast, either. Growing up I remember it being either Memorial-Labor, all of May, June, July, and August, (I'm from Phoenix...) or "whenever I didn't have school".
- chrismcb 11y agoIn the US, the unofficial summer is Memorial to Labor day. Sure, as a kid you probably thing of summer as "not school." But most USians generally consider summer as between Memorial and Labor Day.