How are the four seasons in a year divided into twelve months?

Spring is March-May, summer is June-August, autumn is 9-165438+1October, and winter is12-February.

In climate, the four seasons are distinguished by temperature. In the northern hemisphere, generally speaking, March-May is spring, June-August is summer, September-165438+1October is autumn, and12-February is winter. In the southern hemisphere, the time of each season is just the opposite of that in the northern hemisphere. It is summer in the southern hemisphere and winter in the northern hemisphere; It is winter in the southern hemisphere and summer in the northern hemisphere. There is no obvious boundary between seasons, and the change of seasons is gradual.

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Other segmentation methods

First kind

The traditional method of dividing the four seasons takes four solar terms as the starting point of the four seasons, and bisection and two to one as the midpoint. For example, in spring, the starting point is beginning of spring, the solar line is 3 15, the spring is divided into the midpoint, the long summer is the end point, the solar line becomes 45, and the sun runs 90 on the ecliptic. This is a traditional and commonly used method.

The second type

Astronomical classification (that is, western classification) emphasizes the climatic significance of the four seasons, with the vernal equinox of the sun as the starting point of the four seasons, such as spring as the starting point and summer solstice as the end point. These four seasons are one and a half months later than the traditional four seasons in China.

The third kind

In order to accurately reflect the actual climate situation in various places, climatology is often used to divide the four seasons, that is, the classification method of modern scholar Zhang Baokun and the average climate temperature are used to divide the four seasons. It is also stipulated that the period when the average temperature is greater than or equal to 22℃ is summer, the period when it is less than or equal to 10℃ is winter, and the period between 10℃ and 22℃ is spring or autumn.

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