Summer (/ˈsʌmər/ SU-mər) is the warmest of the four temperate seasons, between spring and autumn. At the summer solstice, the days are longest and the nights are shortest, with day-length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. The date of the beginning of summer varies according to climate, culture, and tradition, but when it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere it is winter in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa.
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... People take advantage of the warmer temperatures by spending more time outdoors during the summer ... as traveling to the beach and picnics occur during summer months ... The modern Olympics have been held during the summer months every four years since 1896 (though the 2000 Sydney olympics happened when it was technically winter there) ...
... Athletes from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia ... These would be the last Summer Games in which athletes from Montenegro and Serbia participated under the name of Yugoslavia ... They would compete as Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics ...
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... of its economical growth is dependent on the summer months, when most tourists come to see the city ... Other tourists that come to the city during the summer can also be of French origin or North American ... Other tourists that come to the city during the summer month tend to be people who grew up within the area and enjoy coming back every summer be it to see family or just vacation in the small and quaint city ...
Famous quotes containing the word summer:
“Hold hard, my county darlings, for a hawk descends,
Golden Glamorgan straightens, to the falling birds.
Your sport is summer as the spring runs angrily.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“Behind the glass, under the cellophane,
Remains your final summer sweet
And meaningless, and not to come again.”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)
“The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled. The right kind of man does not look for a wife on the streets, and the right kind of girl waits till the man comes to her home for her.”
—Sedalia Times (1900)