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.

spower

Frankie Valli figured this out in the 1960's.

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.

Andrew Collo

In Melbourne we get all four seasons in one day.

Michele Barnett

We have four seasons in South Texas: Almost Summer, Summer, Still Summer, and Football.

Graeme Lane

In Las Vegas they have five: spring summer autumn winter and Christmas. Quote from a Vegas taxi driver.

John W Shreve

There are two seasons: Baseball season and the void.

Kathy Fenwick

Lived in Maine for 2 years...every one warned us that there were 2 seasons winter and 4th of July. Lol!

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.

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.

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.

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.