Southern Hemisphere | Summer In The

: While astronomical summer is defined by the period between the solstice and the autumnal equinox (roughly December 22 to March 21), meteorologists typically define summer as the full months of December, January, and February to align with the warmest temperature cycles. Cultural Life and Summer Holidays

February is the last hurrah. The frantic energy of the holidays has passed, leaving a lazy, hazy atmosphere. Children begin to prepare for the return of school in late February or early March (the academic year starts in autumn here). The days are still long, but there is a perceptible shortening of the light. It is a month of harvest—vineyards in South Africa, New Zealand, and South America are bustling, bringing in the grapes that will become the world’s Sauvignon Blancs and Malbecs. summer in the southern hemisphere

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