What is winter?

[James Smith]

Right; I overstated, but the change from one astronomical season to the next is on the same date worldwide.  On the other hand, meteorological seasons are based on weather patterns and  the dates when they begin and end (and even the number of seasons) vary from region to region.

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>
> Astronomical seasons are the same hemisphere-wide (Northern
> or Southern),
> but the hemispheres are half a year out of phase with each
> other. No?
>
> m a m

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