Understanding what months are fall helps with more than just small talk. It dictates several aspects of our lives:

But if you want to be precise—such as knowing the exact day to start raking leaves or the specific date a meteorologist uses for climate records—you need to understand the difference between astronomical fall and meteorological fall.

🍂 In the Southern Hemisphere, fall (called autumn) occurs during March, April, and May for both definitions.

Whenever North put on her favorite orange sweater to watch the leaves turn gold, South was busy planting fresh flowers and greeting the sun. The North’s Harvest