You may have noticed that meteorologists and climatologists define seasons differently from “regular” or astronomical spring, summer, fall, and winter. So, why do meteorological and astronomical ...

Astronomically speaking this is the date and time of the Winter Solstice for the Northern Hemisphere and the Summer Solstice ...

Iceland is a destination that transforms dramatically with the seasons. From the glowing midnight sun of summer to the ...

Pumpkin spice, cooler nights, football weekends and clock changes: fall is on the horizon. But the official start of autumn isn’t about lattes or leaf piles. It comes down to astronomy. The autumn ...

For those north of the equator, the solstice on Sunday, Dec. 21, marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. During ...

For winter, the start date usually falls on December 21 or 22, but every so often, it can sneak in as early as the 20th or as ...

After years of little snow across the Chicago area, recent record-breaking snowfall and below-freezing temperatures might seem to contradict scientific reports of winters getting warmer. But climate ...

Winter quietly hands you an advantage that spring shoppers never see. When the soil rests and plants slip into dormancy, you ...