No August is not the start of Autumn

timmyntc

Seasons are based on plant growth - which is based on available sunlight.

Length of daylight is objective - it can be measured, modelled, and is predictable.

"Weather" is inherently unpredictable - if you tried to model your seasons around weather you'd end up changing the definitions every year after a snowstorm in March or a warm spell in October.

Hotblack Desiato

Weather and climate are not the same thing.

Our climate shows us that the three warmest months of the year are consistently June, July and August.

holton

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117714038#Comment_117714038

The weather may be better in May, but it's only about as warm as September.

landofthetree

Crops start getting harvested. That makes it autumn.

Mullaghteelin

For a country like Ireland surrounded by water, our highest temps can often peak even later in the year than other places in the Northern Hemisphere. (Seasonal lag).

People living on the coastal fringes will often see their highest average temps around late August/early September. Its akin to March seeing more falling snow than December.

Let's put it this way... the rain in August tends to be warmer than the rain in June!

Larbre34

Meteorological and hence Scientific Summer, is June, July and August.

The beginning of Autumn, therefore, is 1st September. It lasts until 30th November.

This isn't arbitrary, its evidential. What the Pagans did 1500 years ago, is irrelevant. The date of the longest day of the year, is irrelevant.

Enjoy the rest of Summer everyone, you've got 24 days left.

RedCardKid

Halloween sweets / masks or section boxes in the shops yet? Only signal for the end of summer....

Hotblack Desiato

Whatever about your perceptions (and it's weather, not climate you're talking about) the thermometer doesn't lie. August is consistently warmer than May.