We’re in the season of evapotranspiration now, when we may get as much rain as in winter, but it evaporates or transpires from leaves, leaving less in rivers and springs.

Today is the Summer Solstice. At high noon the sun will be as far north as it will get all year, ditto when it rises and sets. The actual solstice is 10:42 p.m. EDT, when the sun’s axis is pointed the most towards the sun.

From then on is astronomical summer, until the Fall Equinox, which will be September 22, 2025, when the lengths of day and night will be most close to equal.

Seasons and the orbit of the Earth –NASA

If you like hot, join us tommorrow for Florida Campsites to Allen Ramp, Withlacoochee River 2025-06-21.

There’s also meteorological summer, which begins June 1 and ends August 31. Many people consider Memorial Day the start of summer, which was May 26 this year.

We’re also already into hurricane season since June 1 until November 30. When we get another hurricane, we’ll get plenty of water.

And there’s the so-called solar seasons, in which summer is May through July. These are the months when the most sunlight reaches the northern hemisphere.

Purely going by heat, maybe summer started in April this year, and we’ll be lucky if it ends in October.

Sun reflected in solar panels, 2025-06-20 –jsq for WWALS

Summer is good for electricity from solar panels. And for growing okra.

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

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