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What kind of season is early summer?

Early summer is the fourth month of the lunar calendar. The first month of summer. Also known as Meng Xia.

In the fourth month of the lunar calendar, summer enters and the temperature warms up. April is also known as Mengxia, Yin month and Mei month. At this time, the spring plowing in the cold zone has ended, and the overwintering wheat in the temperate zone has begun to turn green. From this time to the May Day holiday, it is the time when watering is needed.

The three months of summer are April, May and June, which are called Mengxia, Midsummer and Jixia respectively. The Beginning of Summer has just passed, and the recent weather has been a burst of heavy rain and a burst of sunshine. The heat is intense and there is a lot of rain. This is especially true in Guangdong, which is located in the subtropical region of the south.

Mengxia is also called "Early Summer", "First Summer" and "Huaixia", which are all nicknames for April. Midsummer is May, and "Zhong" is the second month of the season, also known as "Super Summer". Jixia is June, which is the end of summer.

In the Southern Hemisphere, December, January and February are generally designated as summer. In a climatological sense: when the average temperature for five consecutive days exceeds 22 degrees, it is considered summer, and when the average temperature for five days is below 22 degrees, it is considered autumn.

In the northern temperate zone, the meteorological summer is from May 21st (Xiaoman) to August 22nd (end of heat); in the southern temperate zone, the meteorological summer is November 21st (in the northern hemisphere). Light snow) ~ February 18 of the following year (rain in the northern hemisphere).