Summer is here! 3 things it means for northwest Ohio
The astronomical summer will officially start at 10:57 a.m. on Wednesday morning.
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#1 Our warmest days are likely still ahead
Happy start to the summer season!
Astronomical summer will officially start at 10:57 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The warmest season of the year lasts a total of 93 days until Sept. 23.
It should come as no surprise that the warmest days are ahead as we enter summer. The warmest month every year on average is July with a high temperature expected everyday of 86 degrees or warmer.
What may come as a bit more of a surprise is how warm it will stay overnight, too. Lows for the next 2 months average an overnight low point of at least 62 degrees.
#2 Hurricane and wildfire season are approaching
Because the jet stream often moves to its northernmost position in the summer months, it allows for two of the costliest natural disasters to occur: hurricanes and wildfires.
There has already been one tropical storm this season with Bret spinning in the central Atlantic Ocean this week. Wildfire smoke from Canada has already spread across the eastern US this spring and will likely continue to be seen throughout the summer too.
#3 Daylight starts getting shorter
Perhaps, the most forgotten side of the start to summer is daylight. Wednesday will be the longest daylight day of the year with exactly 15 hours, 12 minutes and 16 seconds of daylight – 5 more seconds than Tuesday. But starting Thursday, darkness begins to creep back in. The time amount is minimal at first, measured in seconds per day, but increases late in summer and autumn.
We will lose daylight each day until the start of winter in Dec. The first day of winter has only 9 hours and 9 minutes, a drop of more than 6 hours from this week. This is a good reason to enjoy the longer daylight now before it’s gone again.
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