Based on the Gregorian calendar, how many seasons are generally recognized?
A season is a division of the year marked by changes in weather, ecology, and the amount of daylight. On Earth, seasons are the result of Earth's orbit around the Sun and Earth's axial tilt relative to the ecliptic plane. In temperate and polar regions, the seasons are marked by changes in the intensity of sunlight that reaches the Earth's surface, variations of which may cause animals to undergo hibernation or to migrate, and plants to be dormant.
Various cultures define the number and nature of seasons based on regional variations.
In temperate and sub-polar regions, four seasons based on the Gregorian calendar are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn or fall, and winter.
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David F. Marshall
We have 2 seasons here in NovaScotia - winter and construction.
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Jul 10, 2020 11:51PM

spower
Frankie Valli figured this out in the 1960's.
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Jul 10, 2020 9:54PM

sdyson
The calendar is a human invention. The seasons are a natural phenomenon that occur at different times depending on geography. In some areas (ie the tropics) the ‘seasons’ are based on a northern concept of nature’s cycles.
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Jul 10, 2020 7:36PM

Andrew Collo
In Melbourne we get all four seasons in one day.
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Jul 13, 2020 10:12PM

Graeme Lane
In Las Vegas they have five: spring summer autumn winter and Christmas. Quote from a Vegas taxi driver.
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Jul 11, 2020 12:40AM

Michele Barnett
We have four seasons in South Texas: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Football.
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Jul 13, 2020 9:32PM

John W Shreve
There are two seasons: Baseball season and the void.
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Jul 12, 2020 8:57PM

Kathy Fenwick
Lived in Maine for 2 years...every one warned us that there were 2 seasons winter and 4th of July. Lol!
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Jul 13, 2020 12:22PM

Christopher J Voce
In Melbourne it’s Winter, Winter, Winter , Winter - Wallop - Summer.
Then Summer Summer Summer Summer Wallop - Winter!
Either that or all four seasons in one day - occasionally in one hour.
Great place to live though - as long as you like footy and variable weather patterns.
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Jul 16, 2020 4:36AM

Player
Depends on where you live. In the temperate parts of the Northern hemisphere, there are 4 seasons. Other places it could be as simple as wet or dry season.
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Oct 31, 2020 10:38AM

Irene Townsend
Andrew Collo, Here in Auckland it can be like that, in fact it actually snowed one year in Auckland, that was amazing, not heavy but enough to cover the path a little. To those reading this, we never generally have snow, frost sometimes, never snow.
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Oct 2, 2020 10:40PM

Maurice Carlier
What has the Gregorian Calendar got to do with the seasons - folks who observe the Islamic Calendar also enjoy the seasonal variations which, unlike the gregorian calendar, do not routinely occur in the same month each year.
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Sep 28, 2020 11:31AM

Becky Collman McMahon
Five seasons in Vermont: Spring, summer, autumn, winter, and Mud!
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Aug 8, 2020 8:11AM

ninakamwene
We have 2 seasons in Kenya on the equator: Long and Short rains.
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Aug 2, 2020 2:47AM

Peter Robertson
Christopher J Voce, Footy?????
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Jul 29, 2020 7:42PM

Brenda Hanneman Wallace
There are two seasons in Ontario ... blackflies and snow !
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Jul 20, 2020 4:36PM

Val Wilkinson
Also in Scotland Andrew Collo,
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Jul 15, 2020 10:51PM

Val Wilkinson
And Vivaldi before that spower,
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Jul 15, 2020 10:50PM

L Lh Adams
Michele Barnett, BTDT. We lived in Rancho Viejo for about 20 years,hot!
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Jul 15, 2020 1:36PM

Craig Ursprung
dgchaney, what’s the week that you don’t have listed? Spring Break?
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Jul 15, 2020 8:41AM

Julie Allen
David F. Marshall, In northern Australia the 2 seasons are called the Wet and the Dry.
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Jul 15, 2020 12:33AM

Adrian Capt'n Judge
Rain only here in Manchester
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Jul 14, 2020 3:30PM

dgchaney
North Florida 1 week of winter 2 weeks of fall 48 weeks of summer
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Jul 14, 2020 6:40AM
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