Saturday, June 20, 2020
The summer solstice occurs today.
From 1984 to 2015 the summer solstice was always on 21st June, but currently 20th June gets a look in one year out of four. Reasons for this are complicated, and I don't intend to go over them again. But I can provide this handy summary for UK residents.
When are the solstices and equinoxes in the 2020s?
spring
equinox | summer
solstice | autumn
equinox | winter
solstice |
20th
March | 21st June
unless it's
a leap year,
in which case
20th June | either
22nd September
(in leap years and the years after)
or
23rd September
(in other years) | 21st December
unless it's
the year before
a leap year,
in which case
22nd December |
The spring, summer and winter columns will also be true in the 2030s.
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