First Day of Summer

Early Germanic calendars

The early Germanic calendars were the regional calendars used among the early Germanic peoples before they adopted the Julian calendar in the Early Middle Ages. The calendars were an element of early Germanic culture.

First day of summer (Iceland)

First Day of Summer is an annual public holiday in Iceland that is celebrated on the first Thursday after 18 April.

Day

A day is the time period of a full rotation of the Earth with respect to the Sun. On average, this is 24 hours. As a day passes at a given location it experiences morning, afternoon, evening, and night. This daily cycle drives circadian rhythms in many organisms, which are vital to many life processes.

Summer

Summer or summertime is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. Starting on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day length decreasing as the season progresses after the solstice. In the Northern Hemisphere, summer is usually defined as starting on June 21 or 22, and ending on September 22 or 23; and in the Southern Hemisphere, as the period between December 22 or 23 and March 20 or 21.

first

Adjective

1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest.
2. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest.

Adverb

1. Before anything else; firstly.
2. For the first time.

day

Symbol

1. ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Land Dayak languages.

Noun

1. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
2. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.

summer

Noun

1. One of four seasons, traditionally the second, marked by the longest and typically hottest days of the year due to the inclination of the Earth and thermal lag. Typically regarded as spanning either the period between the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox, or the months of June, July, and August in the Northern Hemisphere and the months of December, January and February in the Southern Hemisphere.
2. year; used to give the age of a person, usually a young one.

Verb

1. To spend the summer, as in a particular place on holiday.