What's the difference between hot summer and dog days?

The time is different. The summer heat is July 6-8 in Gregorian calendar; The high temperature in summer is July 22-24 in Gregorian calendar. The length of accommodation is not fixed every year, and the length of accommodation is also different. The dog days are usually from mid-July to mid-August in the Gregorian calendar. The climate is different. In the light summer season, the temperature rises gradually, and thunderstorms are frequent, entering a dormant period; The midsummer season is in the middle of three volts, with strong sunshine, high temperature, humidity and rain. The dog days are the hottest days of the year.

Slight summer heat is the eleventh solar term among the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, which indicates the official start of the last month of summer. A little summer heat is a little summer heat, which means the weather is getting hot, but it is not the hottest. This climate is basically the same in most parts of China. There is a folk custom of "eating new things" in summer. "Fresh food" means grinding new dozen rice and wheat into powder, making all kinds of cakes and noodles, which are shared by neighbors and villagers to express their desire for a bumper harvest.

The heat is the last solar term in summer. Every year from July 22nd to 23rd in Gregorian calendar, the solar sun arrives at120th, which is a solar term in summer. Like summer heat, summer heat is also a festival reflecting the degree of summer heat, which means the weather is extremely hot. The summer heat is the hottest period in a year, with the highest temperature and the fastest growth of crops. At the same time, meteorological disasters such as drought, waterlogging and wind disaster are also the most frequent in many areas.

The dog days appear between the hot summer and the hot summer, which is the hottest, wettest and sultry day of the year. Dog days appear in midsummer and heat. The so-called "dog days" refers to the "dog days" of the lunar calendar, which is the hottest period of the year. The dog days are the hottest 30-40 days in a year in the Central Plains. According to the lunar calendar, it is from the middle and late July to the middle and late August of the solar calendar.