• prettybunnys@piefed.social
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    Meteorological seasons follow the temperature cycles, defined by calendar months.

    Astronomical seasons follow the solar cycle.

    That’s why the weather you feel can often not match the “season it it”

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      It would still seem to make more sense to say that the end of summer was September 30 then. If anything we’re seeing a definition that needs to be changed due to climate change.

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        Another thing is, we are internationally using a calendar that was made for a specific zone so it makes no sense for some people