Today is Spring

Aerospace · 14-02-2019 12:01pm #1

I regard February 14th as the true 1st day of Spring, it's bright, the chill is abating, flowers are budding, it's Spring for me Geoff.

As a corrollary, I regard mid May as the beginning of Summer and Mid August as the end of Summer. By mid August leaves are turning brown and you can start to feel a bit of a chill in the air occassionally.

14-02-2019 12:05pm

My Mum’s dahlias only stopped flowering a couple of weeks ago so that makes it Autumn, right?

murpho999 · 14-02-2019 12:09pm

March for me as I refuse to accept August, one of the warmest months of the year and peak summer holiday season as Autumn.

Seasons overlap anyway as seen with heavy snow in March last year.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-02-2019 12:19pm

About 5 weeks of winter left.

20th of March is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere.

yourdeadwright · 14-02-2019 12:19pm

No its not 1st of March is the first day of spring ,

RacoonQueen · 14-02-2019 12:27pm

Aerospace wrote: »

I regard February 14th as the true 1st day of Spring, it's bright, the chill is abating, flowers are budding, it's Spring for me Geoff.

As a corrollary, I regard mid May as the beginning of Summer and Mid August as the end of Summer. By mid August leaves are turning brown and you can start to feel a bit of a chill in the air occassionally.

What chill? Wasn't cold at all this winter. Maybe about 4 or 5 days where you could say there was a chill.

Deebles McBeebles · 14-02-2019 12:41pm

Your thread title is missing the word 'not'.

Beanntraigheach · 14-02-2019 1:24pm

The 9th of October is the first day of Spring and I'll fight any man who disagrees! :mad:

Odhinn · 14-02-2019 1:26pm

Beanntraigheach wrote: »

The 9th of October is the first day of Spring and I'll fight any man who disagrees! :mad:

Will ye now? With the big moon head on ye, like an innocent.

Deebles McBeebles · 14-02-2019 1:29pm

Call him out Odhinn! Call him out!

14-02-2019 1:30pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Call him out Odhinn! Call him out!

To the YouTube channelmobil!

Odhinn · 14-02-2019 1:36pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Call him out Odhinn! Call him out!

I will, and I'll close the big dribbly gob on him for good.

Deebles McBeebles · 14-02-2019 1:40pm

Take the big bauld head ah him with yer pain makers, send 'im up the yard ta da baby jesus.

Thanks be ta Mary.

Odhinn · 14-02-2019 1:43pm

Deebles McBeebles wrote: »

Take the big bauld head ah him with yer pain makers, send 'im up the yard ta da baby jesus.

Thanks be ta Mary.

This is the same man that said the reason his wife had a black baby was that she went for a week to alicante when she was pregnant and laid out in the sun too much.

mikemac2 · 14-02-2019 1:49pm

February 1st is the first day of spring. Going to the river the night before to get rushes and making crosses for St Bridgets Day

everlast75 · 14-02-2019 1:53pm

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

My Mum’s dahlias only stopped flowering a couple of weeks ago so that makes it Autumn, right?

I think that makes it her menopause...

14-02-2019 1:54pm

everlast75 wrote: »

I think that makes it her menopause...

topper75 · 14-02-2019 3:27pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

About 5 weeks of winter left.

20th of March is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere.

So spring arrives in Iceland at the same time as the south of Italy?

In Ireland we traditionally go with Feb 1. I'm Irish so that is what I go with.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-02-2019 3:36pm

topper75 wrote: »

So spring arrives in Iceland at the same time as the south of Italy?

In Ireland we traditionally go with Feb 1. I'm Irish so that is what I go with.

Yes, they're different climates obviously but they follow the same seasons.

That old Celtic calendar is not right.

The entire country was taught BS in Primary School.

mad muffin · 14-02-2019 3:49pm

Mildest winter in memory :eek:

Badly Drunk Boy · 14-02-2019 3:59pm

mad muffin wrote: »

Mildest winter in memory :eek:

Indeed! I haven't turned on the heating since last March.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 14-02-2019 5:05pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

About 5 weeks of winter left.

20th of March is the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere.

That’s not meteorological spring. Which starts in March.

The conventions on when the seasons start tend to be taken quite seriously by some, as if it’s a definite scientific law. It’s really a convention.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 14-02-2019 5:06pm

RacoonQueen wrote: »

What chill? Wasn't cold at all this winter. Maybe about 4 or 5 days where you could say there was a chill.

A chill isn’t the same as cold.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 14-02-2019 5:09pm

15 degrees showing on the car temp gauge which is warmer than some of the days we had during summer.

Richard Hillman · 14-02-2019 5:10pm

Winter is over folks, the flowers know first. I reckon we'll get a very stormy couple of months now.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 14-02-2019 5:10pm

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Yes, they're different climates obviously but they follow the same seasons.

That old Celtic calendar is not right.

The entire country was taught BS in Primary School.

The old Celtic calendar (not just Celtic really) makes sense for length of day and guess what, that’s easier to measure in the past than fluctuating temperatures. February may be colder than November on average, in air temp, but it’s a hell of a lot brighter, particularly in the evening. Sun is warmer now too.

Rubberchikken · 14-02-2019 5:15pm

i just love global warming:):)

14-02-2019 5:16pm

1st February is the start of spring end of story.

murpho999 · 14-02-2019 5:54pm

Jaylee Big Groceries wrote: »

1st February is the start of spring end of story.

It's not the end of the story at all.

Below is from Met Eireann who know a bit about this.

For climatological and meteorological purposes, on the basis of air temperature, seasons are regarded as three – month periods as follows: December to February – winter, March to May – spring, June to August – summer and September to November – autumn. This is a common grouping in the meteorological practice of many countries in the middle and northern latitudes.

Link

branie2 · 14-02-2019 6:07pm

It certainly feels like it

14-02-2019 6:14pm

I always send this poem to my sister on the first of March, because her birthday is on the next day (and because I have notions), but it also seems apt on a day like today.

Wordsworth, 'To My Sister'

https://www.bartleby.com/333/324.html

Spanish Eyes · 14-02-2019 6:19pm

It is indeed a great Spring so far. Lovely day today anyway, and forecast is the same for a few days to come too.

But do NOT get too complacent. Get yer sliced pans in, the snow arrived in March last year. I'm sure you all remember that.

But hopefully we will escape this year with a bit of luck.

Jamsiek · 14-02-2019 11:32pm

mikemac2 wrote: »

February 1st is the first day of spring. Going to the river the night before to get rushes and making crosses for St Bridgets Day

Not in most of the northern hemisphere. It's still winter until March for most.

rgossip30 · 16-02-2019 8:15am

Odhinn wrote: »

I will, and I'll close the big dribbly gob on him for good.

With a keyboard punch yeah.

D3V!L · 02-01-2021 7:39pm

Sierra Necroma wrote: »

Really, how come COVID cases began rising in August? It becomes noticably colder around mid August.

Even in early August you can see leaves beginning to change colour.

You dug up a 2 year old thread to tie seasons and a global pandemic together ? Well done

You can collect your internet prize from the door on the way out.

dxhound2005 · 02-01-2021 8:10pm

We could be in for another Spring phenomenon, a revisitation by the Beast from the East.

COVID · 02-01-2021 8:43pm

If I ruled the world, every day would be the first day of Spring.

12gauge dave · 02-01-2021 8:46pm

COVID wrote: »

If I ruled the world, every day would be the first day of Spring.

You might just rule the world soon if you keep spreading like this Covid.

branie2 · 03-01-2021 1:35am

I think it's the first of February

03-01-2021 1:50am

I remember during the Beast from the East and Storm Katrina I think that everything shut down for a day. I was in a hotel in Galway when the storm hit and the kitchen closed early so it was a bit "what do we do now". The girl in the pharmacy across the road wouldn't let me in because she had to get home.
Then with the Beast the local shops closed and even.........the pubs!!!!!!

I was beside myself with it all because I couldn't fathom life shutting down. Huh. Now look.

03-01-2021 1:51am

COVID wrote: »

If I ruled the world, every day would be the first day of Spring.

Can you feck off please

2lazytogetup · 03-01-2021 2:05am

St. Patrick's day 17th March is first day of spring.

21 sep is end of summer.

Everyday between 21 sep and 17 March is as bad as each other. I can see why death rate is high in September, Oct and nov. I'm leaving some year on 21 Sept.

COVID · 03-01-2021 11:29pm

COVID wrote: »

If I ruled the world, every day would be the first day of Spring.

Deleted User wrote: »

Can you feck off please

If I ruled the world
Every day would be
The first day of Spring
Every heart would have
A new song to sing
And we'd sing of the joy
Every morning would bring

Ubbquittious · 03-01-2021 11:31pm

I wonder what Punxutawney Phil will have in store for us this year. Probably succumb to covid before he can make any predictions

Chipotle · 11-01-2021 10:46am

About 5 weeks left until Spring, not too long now, days are getting longer.

ShatterAlan · 11-01-2021 10:51am

murpho999 wrote: »

March for me as I refuse to accept August, one of the warmest months of the year and peak summer holiday season as Autumn.

Seasons overlap anyway as seen with heavy snow in March last year.

Seasons have NOTHING to do with temperature and this has been done to fcuking death.

They have to do with the length of day/night.

December is mid winter and June is mid-summer.

March is mid-spring and September is mid-Autumn.

Chipotle · 11-01-2021 11:00am

Also it's interesting that Covid numbers began to increase substantially in August.

murpho999 · 11-01-2021 12:01pm

ShatterAlan wrote: »

Seasons have NOTHING to do with temperature and this has been done to fcuking death.

They have to do with the length of day/night.

December is mid winter and June is mid-summer.

March is mid-spring and September is mid-Autumn.

You need to look it up again.

Seasons are related to changes in weather and daylight hours.

A season is a period of the year that is distinguished by special climate conditions. The four seasons—spring, summer, fall, and winter—follow one another regularly. Each has its own light, temperature, and weather patterns that repeat yearly.

Definition above is from National Geographic.

Wikipedia definition also includes weather as part of a season.Link

Encyclopaedia Britannica also mention temperature as part of a season as well as light.

So temperature, weather and light are part of seasons.

Bobblehats · 11-01-2021 12:40pm

Chipotle wrote: »

About 5 weeks left until Spring, not too long now, days are getting longer.

Tell me that when Jonny sextone can’t see the wood for the posts on the last day of the six nations

They advertised it in blizzard of snow in November. But how wrong they were

11-01-2021 1:04pm

I agree with the OP in general.

Im willling to see May to August as Summer in Ireland. Can get a good summer's day out of any of them. Nights closing in at the end but still acceptable - can be out kicking a ball about around 9pm most of that time. Less so the end of August, but I am sticking to months rather than mid months.

November to Feb is all winter to me. 2 weeks after the hour goes back in November the sunset is 4:30, same as early Jan. The average high in Dublin in November is 10, 9 in December, and 8 in Jan and Feb. Those differences are easily exceeded by any daily changes. We just can't tell. Snow is less likely in November but it happens.

Winter November-Feb
Short Spring - March April
Summer - May to August
Short Autumn - September to October

That reflects the Irish climate

Cerveza · 11-01-2021 1:05pm

Very warm moist this morning.

Today is Spring

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