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Summer Solstice

Travone — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:39:32 GMT

On the news today they were talking about the summer solstice......what is this "summer" they speak of? Where I live the four seasons we have are:

Fall

Winter

Rain

Humid

Re: Summer Solstice

FrostyBabe1 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:52:29 GMT

In Michigan we mostly have two seasons - winter and road construction.

The few minutes of spring and fall that we have are usually magnificient, but this spring has been an soggy, cloudy, cold mess.

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riley1 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 12:53:54 GMT

Where I live we have:

HOT, HOT & MORE HOT

HUMIDITY

HURRICANES

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CANDLEQUEEN — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:00:44 GMT

In Wisconsin we have long Winters, nice Fall, and this Spring was a soggy rainy mess, and no Summer to speak of yet anyway. Usually our Summers are July and August for the most part and 1/2 of September......

I heard someone say today is the longest day of the year....

Re: Summer Solstice

SharkE — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:14:43 GMT

96` will be here for the rest of the week.

All the flies gather around your doors to escape the heat leaving their

'gifts' for you all along the edges of your sidelights and door framing.

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cherry — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:27:55 GMT

Come July and

August, Mi can get as hot and humid , as anywhere else. People like me, will be praying for fall

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beckyb1012 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 13:28:11 GMT

The last two days have been horrid and it is only June. Today a supposed to be only 95. I walked out the front door this morning and my sunglasses immediately fogged up. Means today is not only still hot but humid hot. I love to see the Summer Solstice come so we can head back toward the Winter Solstice.

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Marp — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:03:57 GMT

Summer solstice is one of my favorite days; hours of daylight start to shorten again. Seventy-one days until fall.

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:12:25 GMT

After several days of constant rain and humidity, today is sunny dry and cooler. It’s a good thing because I’m growing Moss. 🤣🌞

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Diva on The Q — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:14:30 GMT

@Marp wrote:
Summer solstice is one of my favorite days; hours of daylight start to shorten again. Seventy-one days until fall.

YAY!!! I like summer but love fall!

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redwingsgal — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:16:50 GMT

@Marp wrote:
Summer solstice is one of my favorite days; hours of daylight start to shorten again. Seventy-one days until fall.

OMG! I thought I was the only one, @Marp !!! I hate the long days! Bring on the shorter days of Autumn!

Our humidity is so high, my hair frizzes before I lock the door!!

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Karie2022 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:20:31 GMT

@Marp wrote:
Summer solstice is one of my favorite days; hours of daylight start to shorten again. Seventy-one days until fall.

Yes im not a summer girl, really don’t like much about it, hate the heat, don’t love summer clothes, I don’t garden, don’t tan, don’t even like to swim...gee...I’m a ball of summer fun aren’t I??😳

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Pqfan — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:24:43 GMT

@Marp wrote:
Summer solstice is one of my favorite days; hours of daylight start to shorten again. Seventy-one days until fall.

This is how I feel. I know we should enjoy each day but I can’t wait until fall!

Re: Summer Solstice

tucsongal — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:26:08 GMT

Even though we’ve had a mild summer so far (it’s positively cool in the early mornings), the summer solstice is one of my favorite things!

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Scooby Doo — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:52:02 GMT

Unusual cool and rainy Spring for us. It's currently 54 degrees, expected high of 66. Tomorrow will be 69. Around here, if you don't like the current weather, just wait 30 minutes and it will change. I LOVE summer and dread the cold dark winter anymore. I wish I could be a snowbird.

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Lucky Charm — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 14:56:19 GMT

Gosh I love summer. I'm surprised so many don't.

I love the long days, more daylit hours, but enjoy nighttime as long as it's warm out.

I didn't realize that the soltice meant the daylight hours will get shorter already. I feel like it stays light out later until about the beginning of Sept.

I don't mind fall, but crisp cool days and we pack up and head back south!

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Sooner — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:00:33 GMT

It finally got up into the 90's in Oklahoma yesterday, but some parts had a neat index of about 113! It was I think only 108 or so here. . . Heat in the 90's dew points in the 70's.

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Kachina624 — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:10:27 GMT

Today is the longest day of the year. After today, they'll gradually get shorter and shorter until December 21st.

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sidsmom — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:11:49 GMT

The effects of El Niño.

Happy Summer!

Last night at 10pm here in Dallas.

Feels like 100.

Oooof.

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chrystaltree — Fri, 21 Jun 2019 15:20:00 GMT

Summers Solstice is just a day, it's just the longest day of the year so I can't say it means anything to me. It just means we get few more minutes of daylight than we got on 6/20 and a few less than we will get on 6/22. Today it's dark and drizzly and dreary so the first day of Summer means nothing at all. It's in high 60's so I suppose that's something to be happy about. The week has been like this but the weekend is supposed to gorgeous. Bright and sunny and warm. I hope they are right because we haven't had much of spring at all. We don't get real springs anymore. We go from winter to "cool & wet". When I organized my closets a couple of weeks ago, I found summer clothing and sandals with the tags still on. Stuff I'd never worn and at the time, I thought it was because I bought too much. Now I think it's because summer only lasts a 8 weeks or so and my mind hasn't accept that yet. I'm accustomed to summer starting in mid May and going through the end of September and that just doesn't happen anymore. Now it starts in early July and is over by the end of August. The other day, my friend joked that the only she could wear all of her summer things is if she changes twice a day.