Comenius ‘The Seasons’

CURIOSITIES ABOUT SEASONS

Couriosity about autumn

• In the northern hemisphere autumn months begin around August / September when early autumn in the southern hemisphere is considered about March.

• Some Western countries believe that autumn begins with the autumnal equinox (September 23) in the northern hemisphere.

• In Chinese astronomy autumn equinox marks the middle of summer it since around the feast Liqiu (around day 7 August).

• Fall in North America is called the `fall`.

Did you know that…?

Winter is the shortest season?Thus, in the northern hemisphere, since the spring equinox till the autumn equinox there are approximately seven days more than in the other ‘half of the year’. In the southern hemisphere the seasons are opposite so the facts are viceversa.

The exact duration of seasons is – Spring: 92 days and 20 hours, Summer: 93 days and 15 hours, Autumn: 89 days and 19 hours, while Winter: 89 days.The longer duration of spring-summer seasons insurea the northern hemisphere with more warmth than the southern but it’s compensated by the fact that during the northern summer Earth is found at its furthest point from the sun.

Did you know that …?

• In the Indonesian archipelago air temperatures are extremely high so that precipitation is very high? It rains every day, especially at lunchtime.

Did you know that....? Winter is one of the four seasons of temperate climate.It is the coldest season following autumn and preceding spring. At winter solstice(21-22 December), the day is the shortest and night is the longest. Aftyer the winter solstice daylight begins to grow in length. The lowest average temperatures of the season are in January in the northern hemisphere and in July in the southern hemisphere.

Did you know that…?

• Summer is the season which starts June 22 and ends on 23 September.

• This is the season with the longest and warmest days.

• In Romania, during this period the children are on holiday.

• Summer is also the season when vegetables, fruits and other plants grow.

• In summer mornings, dew forms on the surface of the earth.

• This is the season when people go to the Black Sea in Romania.