thegillabbeygowl
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More like the springs are worn on poor old Finbarr.
Other way around.Meteorological Spring starts on February 1st. I heard Nuala Carey saying so on RTE weather so it must be true.
Other way around.
Meteorological Spring us March, April and May. So met eireann go off this
Celtic Spring is imbolc to Bealainne so Feb, March and April. Thats why we all learned this as being spring at school
AFAIK meterological seasons set the three hottest months by mean temperature as summer and the three coldest as winter, leaving the in between ones as Spring and Autumn. so sets Summer as June, July and Aug and hence spring March april and May.What exactly is Meteorological Spring - apart from some kind of pretendy highbrow title. Is it that there's a marked change in weather/sunlight/alignment of the planets/what?
Most people just want to know when the days have become a bit brighter, the flowers are begining to open, the animals are frolicking and the sap is rising
Ah its not that bad. it would make perfect sense if you were living in pre christian times. i think its mad how much of it we have retained.
AFAIK meterological seasons set the three hottest months by mean temperature as summer and the three coldest as winter, leaving the in between ones as Spring and Autumn. so sets Summer as June, July and Aug and hence spring March april and May.
The Celtic one is astronomical, so Spring centres around the vernal equinox which is when you have a day and night of equal length (this happens in Autumn too). this occurs near the end of march sometime not coincidentally around paddys day. so sets the three months of Spring as Feb March and April.
Just two different definitions..there are probably others