When do you consider a season to be over ?

For me, it’s more like when the plants and weather change.

Agreed.

There are also the times when the seasons change, or the transitions, And there is also a time of each season when the season is waning. In the case of Summer, it is the “back to school” season, or Sorotal, which begins in August and runs through maybe September 15. There may be a week or so of Summer left, but children in school are aware that Summer is almost over, and there is a bittersweet feel for most people that this was the best Summer ever, etc etc. Summer never really comes in full until it is over, and people are settling back into their Fall and Winter patterns.

Fall is over when October goes and November starts to look more like Winter. Days are turning dim and the streets get dark early.

Winter is over during that prevernal season when it may still snow, but its the last snow, and the season is starting to feel more fresh, like early Spring.

Spring is over when early Summer seeps in and school is out. Summer stretches before you

For me, it depends mostly on the weather, but also the month of the year.

If it is summer, the first cool day in September I feel like summer is over. It might only be a day, and then heat up again, but I’m so dreading the coming cold weather that with the cool day I will have declared summer being over, and fall officially beginning. Fall also needs the leaves turning colors.

It’s similar with winter, either some snow or a really cold day, plus if most of the leaves have fallen, and I’ll state winter has begun. There almost always is an Indian summer day of two (is it ok to still call it that?) but I know it’s really winter.

Growing up my mom used to say once we pay taxes (April 15) it doesn’t s is anymore. That of course depends where you live. It was true where I grew up, but not where I went to school.

Spring, you see things blooming, and the warm days start. I do kind of use the fashion rule about not wearing white until after Easter.

I mentioned above that it’s mostly the weather for me. The other part, the month, what I mean is if it wasn’t is January, and I usually warm, I’m still going to call it winter, it’s a warm winter. In Florida it’s not unusual to have “spring-like” weather through the winter months. In Florida we tend to use two seasons, summer and winter, but we have spring weather for almost 8 months. I don’t typically use the term fall in FL because we don’t have many trees that turn color or lose leaves.

When the weatherman tells me.

Spring is when the first flowers and trees bloom.
Summer is when it gets hot.
Autumn is when the leaves turn brown.
Winter is when it snows.
Have not had a winter in years.

Spring: March through May
Summer: June through August
Autumn: September through November
Winter: December through February.

I go by these astronomical dates though some days in Winter feel like Spring and days in Spring can feel like Summer. It isn’t just the weather it is also length of daylight which varies greatly this far north.

Spring is when I put my shades on for the first time that year.
Summer is when I hear and see the first (Cessna-like) advertisement airplane.
Autumn is when I drive with my bicycle through inches of dry, crispy, fallen leafs on the pavement.
Winter is the first time when I take my keys from the front door before I go to bed and they feel cold in my grip

Now with a child in school, I consider the end of summer to be when school starts. Even though it may still be hot throughout September, and sometimes into October, summer ends right after Labor Day with the start of the routine and homework and thinking about school and all that.

Fall ends when there’s snow or really cold weather, which is usually around late November or sometime in December.

Winter is definitely January through March and into April. Around Easter, there’s the hope and freshness of Spring.

Summer is when it’s very warm and there are more weekend parties and barbecues, and definitely when school ends.

Winter ends when my allergies start and I can’t breath well.

Spring ends when the disgusting heat and humidity starts and I can’t think straight.

Summer ends when I can finally sleep with the windows open and shut off the flipping air conditioners.

Fall ends when beautiful fluffy snow starts falling and I can wear my favorite coats.

Nothing I could say would match @rebbel’s poetic assessment.

:-) Thank you, @canidmajor!

Not where I live, and not as I see it. I work outside all year.
For me, summer begins about June 1st and ends about Oct. 1st., which is when the outside temp. is the warmest. (The heat is SUCH a drag!)
Winter begins about Dec. 1st and ends about Feb. 21st. when the snow falls up until the warm sun comes out. (Can’t work in the snow.)

I like all these answers—beautiful and poetic and also very pragmatic – to identify the seasons,

However, I answered the way I did because the question was about how to tell when a season is over, or ending. Seasons are Major notes, the minor keys are the transitions, whence you can reflect on the season that IS but also on what has been experienced, as the season ahead kind of flows into the season where you are.

As for Summer, Summer makes its graceful exit with the back-to-school fervor and the beginnings of the school year when Summer still should be enjoyed in full. August is often the hottest part of high summer, but you are never more than seven weeks from the Autumnal equinox—so nights are growing longer, as are the afternoon and evening shadows.

I hope everyone continues with the seasonal descriptions, but I’d PERSONALLY (I am not the original poster, this isn’t my thread) like to hear more about those endings and transitions in the seasons,

Ah, the transitions!
Like in the spring when it warms up enough so that the shit is no longer frozen to the ground, and the grass hasn’t grown up enough to hide the shit.
And the fall!
That magical time when the weather cools, just before the leaves fall and hide the shit that you will step in…

I live in Florida, so seasons are Fake News. However I also work in retail. So for me, seasons are entirely dictated by two things: 1) What kind of decor we’re selling and 2) When children are in my store during what should be ‘school hours’.