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Weather Watchers

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2. IMO, cross-quarter days should mark the beginning and end of the seasons.

Sun Aug 9, 2020, 02:27 PM

Aug 2020

Roughly Feb. 7th, May 7th, Aug. 7th and Nov. 7th +/-, make sense to me rather than the solstice and equinox days.

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Last Friday was more than half way from Summer solstice to autumnal equinox [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 OP

That's Lammas, one of the cross-quarter holidays soothsayer Aug 2020 #1

Then you don't get Halloween or Groundhog Day soothsayer Aug 2020 #3