Good morning, everyone! I hope you had a great Labor Day weekend or as many like to call it, the unofficial last weekend of summer. However, I’m here to remind you that summer isn’t over yet as quiet conditions continue this week along with lingering warm temperatures. Moral of the Story Basically, our job at […]
Tag: seasons
Meteorological Fall Begins Today
Even though astronomical fall does not begin until September 22, today is the beginning of meteorological fall. What’s the difference? The seasons we are accustomed to seeing on calendars are known as the astronomical seasons, which are based on the Earth’s orbit of the Sun. Astronomical fall marks the day that both the northern and southern hemispheres see an equal […]
July 4 Aphelion
It is July 4, and a commonly forgotten astronomical phenomena is occurring today; the aphelion. The aphelion is the day that the Earth is the farthest distance from the Sun during its orbit. Earth’s orbit is not a perfect circle, it is an ellipse. This means there is a point during orbit when the Earth is […]