4 seasons of USA

Well, I always just look at the calendar, it usually says March 21st is the first day of spring, June 21st is the first day of summer, September 21st is the first day of Autumn, and December 21st is the first day of winter.

Then there's Utah. There's oct 31 is the first day of winter give or take, spring if we're lucky happens in April, sometimes May. Summer starts anywhere from end of June to beginning of July and lasts until September. We're very high altitude and a desert. There's no such thing as a rainy season.

We have about 6 months of freezing tempuratures in my area. One thing that would help you more than anything is look up the state you're interested in, look at the growing season average, look at average temps and such. The USA is so diverse temp wise you'll have totally different season starts and ends in Alaska vs Florida. Pin down your area and go from there.

It really depends on where you are. The official dates of the seasons are the same, but the weather's obviously different. In DC, the summers begin anywhere from late April (not often but once in awhile) to late June. On average, I'd say end of May/beginning of June. And the summers are hot and very humid.

Fall usually starts to hit mid-September - cool, breezy. Lately, rainy also.

Winter usually end of November - that's when it starts to get cold. But you know it's winter by January. Though recently, the past few years, we haven't had much snow at all, the snowy months can be anywhere between October and March but are generally Jan/Feb.

And then Spring is rainy and cool but getting warmer. Crisp - not humid.

Hope that helps!

Out here in Los Angeles, we don't believe in seasons!

I'm in MN. We have almost winter, winter, still winter & road construction

Then there's Ohio.

Cold. Not as cold. Football season. Christmas.

Most folks from other countries do not realize the vast difference of zones in America. I live in Arizona, a desert part of the southwest, and 75 % of the time it is summer to one degree or another. I am like 80 miles north of Mexico. We get very little rain here. Only in the mountains do we get snow. A few weeks of chill is about the hardest part of winter we ever see.

There are some parts of America in the upper northeast that never have super hot weather, or at least what I would call summer. But their winters are filled with snow and cold.

You might look at a map of the USA and you will notice that the west has a mountain range called the Rocky Mountains. All along that Range that runs from Canada to Mexico are very different types of weather.

America is 3000 miles wide and over 1500 miles tall. That's a lot of land to cover.

auntybug said:

I'm in MN. We have almost winter, winter, still winter & road construction

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I thought it was 9 months of winter then 3 months of bad snowmobiling.

CACTUSWENDY said:

America is 3000 miles wide and over 1500 miles tall. That's a lot of land to cover.

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Yes, America is very large and has many different climates. There's subtropical and temperate (what most consider 'normal' for America) and deserts and prairie and mountains and Mediterranean-like climates and tropical and tundra too. If you want any useful information about climate you're going to have to be more specific about where you're setting whatever you're setting.

Also, a note, in America, Fall is Autumn. You can use the two interchangeably.

In America there is this huge chunk of land where it's pretty much flat from the Gulf of Mexico all the way through Canada. I live in the middle of this area, and the weather is pretty interesting. In the summer (middle of June to the end of August) winds from the Gulf of Mexico are dominant which makes everything extremely hot and humid. In the winter, the Canadian winds are dominant, making everything cold and dry (about middle of December to the middle of February). In between these two seasons the winds from Canada and the Gulf of Mexico are battling for dominance, often making weather in the spring and fall completely unpredictable -- a few days it may be like winter and the next week it's like summer. These are the seasons when we get most of our rain. Also, these two battling winds cause tornadoes, usually in the spring, but sometimes in the fall, too, mostly in April.

In summary:

Winter (mid December-mid February, cold, dry)
Wintersummer (mid February-mid March)
Tornado Season (March, April, May)
Summer (mid June-August, humid, hot)
Summerwinter (September-mid December)

The South is a tad bit weird cause it's humid pretty much all the time. That natural humidity throws things off by making it seem hotter than it actually is.

I would say if anything the seasons here are pretty typical. Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. They kind of overlap a little too.

Spring: is usually mid-march to mid-may.

Summer: starts around Mid-april in full force around June starts fading out around september.

Fall: lasts from Mid-August to Early November.

Winter: Starts around Early-October in full force by Late-November/Early-December (even though some of the coldest times are in January and February) starts fading out by mid-march.

Like I said the humidity throws things off, maybe that's why when most southerners go anywhere else (north mostly) in the country it's always cold.

the changing of the seasons is not static. it falls between the 18th and the 23rd of March, June, September and December, coinciding with the Vernal equinox, Summer Solstice, Autumnal Equinox, and Winter Solstice. if you wanna get technical, look for signs of the changing weather in nature: flowers blooming, animals beginning their mating rituals (spring), longer days, warmer weather, pregnant livestock/pets (summer), crops ready for harvest (fall), snow that does not melt within a day or two (winter)