What day would you say summer starts this year?

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joe-barton74@reddit

Some people will say the summer equinox (June 21) and those people are not from places where the temperature hits the 90s (30s) in May. Culturally Memorial day (today actually) marks the being and Labor day marks the end of summer traditionally. But depending on where you are you may not have seen a single day warm into the 60s f or you may have already had several over 90 degree days maybe even one into the 100s by then

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Successful-Safety858@reddit

It’s confusing to me that the solstice would be the start? It’s the longest day closest to the sun wouldn’t it be closer to the middle of summer? I think summer is May June July August with the solstice being close to the middle.

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joe-barton74@reddit

I agree but that's what a lot of people will answer

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WhatABeautifulMess@reddit

Yeah if you use the Solstice it’s like celebrating summer winding down because the days start to get shorter.

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ITrCool@reddit

Officially: June 21. My birthday.

Unofficially: usually Memorial Day or June 1st.

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cyvaquero@reddit

Calendar wise - June 21, just like every other year. If you mean activity wise, this weekend (Memorial Day) tends to mark the beginning of things like pools and amisement parks being open (if they close), and the festivals (music, art, etc) season.

Weather wise we are way to diverse, it was 90 in San Antonio yesterday and snowing in parts of Colorado.

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Particular_Bet_5466@reddit

It also was 90 here in Colorado on the front range for multiple days in March. I’m considering this weekend the start of summer even though I was out hiking in snow yesterday lol. It’s generally much warmer and green on the front range now where most of us live on a day to day basis.

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DreamsAndSchemes@reddit

It’s been cold and rainy in NJ. This is normally the opening weekend for the shore.

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TeamTurnus@reddit

Culturally, today with memorial day.

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RightFlounder@reddit

For kids, it's the last day of school.

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Apocalyptic0n3@reddit

I live in Phoenix, which is a desert and very hot. In my mind we have two seasons: Summer and Not Summer. Summer starts as soon as you start regularly breaking 100F. That often happens in late April. It happened in mid-March this year for a couple weeks, but it cooled back down to 70-90 afterward. This year, it's looking like the first week of June will be the start of summer here.

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Anonymous_Browing@reddit

For me, my school ended the middle of June but I’d prefer it to be sooner

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Talesterr@reddit

I think Memorial day is a good kick off day for summer every year

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Anonymous_Browing@reddit

I have like four weeks of school left after memorial Day.

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Cyborgium241@reddit (OP)

The start of the Memorial Day weekend or Memorial Day itself?

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Vert354@reddit

The start of the weekend. Basicly when all the tourist attractions switch to full time operations.

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cowgrly@reddit

I agree- I know it's not official, but that's when it starts for me!

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Responsible_Side8131@reddit

When you’ve got kids, summer starts immediately when the dismissal bell rings on the last day of school

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little_runner_boy@reddit

In Boston area, definitely not until like mid June

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ObjectiveElefant@reddit

In my mind and not based on when summer literally begins, it starts when we stop having any days that are below 80 degrees (Florida), so May. Summer is May through mid to end of November and sometimes into December here.

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Teri-k@reddit

For me it always starts the day after school lets out. I'm a retired teacher in the US, and it's felt this way all my life, so I don't think it will change any time soon. My grandkids feel the same way.

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Cheap_Coffee@reddit

Today.

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cantinabandit@reddit

The day after the last day of spring.

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ArizonaKim@reddit

I’m in Arizona. It already started.

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Odd-Tell-5702@reddit

Our school ends on Thursday so that seems like the start of summer to me.

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randypupjake@reddit

Obviously most people put June 21st but most children would say June 5th or something like that when school is out for summer break.

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goblin_hipster@reddit

My birthday, which is June 21.

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CrySmart@reddit

Ummmmm June 21st?

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emmasdad01@reddit

Almost like that is the official start of summer.

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Contrarily@reddit

Meteorlogical summer starts June 1st

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ZaphodG@reddit

For me, it’s when the ocean temperature hits 68F / 20C and I go swimming. Here, that is sometime between June 15th and the end of June. Woods Hole on Cape Cod Massachusetts and is showing 58.1F and it got to 61F a couple of days ago.

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EagleCatchingFish@reddit

I'll say "Depends on where you live." Where I live, I'd say summer started when the rainy season ended. It used to be spring until a little after the 4th of July. But for the past \~ 10 years, it's crept earlier and earlier. It can sometimes start in the middle of may. We've had several years in a row now where we've had \~90 days without rain.

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