Summer is a long–awaited time, a season of vacations and fun. With this time of the year, each of us has a lot of positive emotions and memories of travel, new achievements and acquaintances, warm days and exciting adventures.
In the Northern hemisphere of the Earth, where the majority of humanity lives, including us, the hot season lasts from June to August, but in the Southern Hemisphere, summer lasts from December to February, which forces nature and people to organize life a little differently.
It is worth noting that in different parts of the world, summer passes in different ways. So there are areas where the heat persists throughout the year, which makes these places attractive for beach holidays.
And you and I are trying to “soak up” more heat right now in order to save it later until the next warm days. Fortunately, the weather helps us in this.
Here are some interesting facts about summer that will help expand our horizons:
- When the ambient temperature reaches 40 degrees, the human body produces up to 1 liter of sweat per hour to normalize the temperature regime, forcing us to drink water continuously.
- Men tolerate the heat more easily. Women have a harder time – they have more subcutaneous fat, which prevents the body from cooling down quickly.
- There are places where there is virtually no summer – we are talking about the Arctic. But here, as well as in Antarctica, there is a polar day when the Sun does not disappear below the horizon for up to 6 months.
- Let’s take a look at France: The Eiffel Tower increases in size by more than 6 inches (which is slightly more than 15 cm) due to the expansion of iron under sunlight.
- Scientists have conducted research to understand what temperature the human body can tolerate. It turned out that if the temperature rises to 71 degrees Celsius, a person is able to tolerate the extreme temperature relatively normally for no more than one hour.
- The hottest temperature in summer is recorded in California in a desert area called “Death Valley”. There, the temperature sometimes reaches values above 57 degrees.
- The longest day of summer on June 21 is the Summer Solstice.
- Another fact about summer: at this time of the year, the “heat index” is used, which takes into account the humidity of the air.
- Hurricanes and thunderstorms manifest themselves in most cases in summer – warm weather creates optimal conditions for their origin and development.