This year the astronomical summer began on 21 June.
The tradition originated in 1906 and has been played every year since 1960 by the Alaska Goldpanners. Taking place in Fairbanks, Alaska, the Sun is out for almost 24 hours on the solstice and so the game begins at 10:30 pm and ends around 1:30 am without any artificial lighting. Midnight matchĮvery year on the summer solstice, a unique baseball game is played at the Growden Memorial Park known as the Midnight Sun Game. The tower is constructed from iron and when this is warmed it expands, causing the structure to grow by up to 17 cm. Height of summerĭid you know that on a hot day in Paris, the Eiffel Tower grows taller? The coldest temperature ever recorded in summer in the UK is -5.6 ☌ recorded on 9 June 1955 in Dalwhinnie, and again on 1 and 3 June 1962 in Santon Downham in Norfolk. On 2 June 1975, snow showers forced the abandonment of several cricket matches across the country. The frequency of a cricket's chirps is consistent with air temperature, so you simply need to count how many chirps there are over 25 seconds then divide by 3 and add 4 to tell you the temperature in Celsius. Next time you hear the sound of crickets chirping on a balmy summer evening, why not try this simple trick to find out the temperature. In the UK, they are most likely to occur in the East Midlands and the southeast.
The warmth of summer often provides the perfect conditions of rising air and moisture required for the creation of thunderstorms. More thunderstorms occur during the summer than at any other time of the year. The star was so bright that the Romans believed it gave extra heat to the sun and was responsible for hot days in summer. The Roman's ' dies caniculares' began towards the end of July when the star Sirius (known as the Dog Star) began to rise in the sky just before the Sun.
The phrase 'dogs days of summer' used to refer to sweltering summer days has more to do with the stars than dogs.
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