The northern hemisphere summer solstice is tomorrow, June 21, 2010, at 11:28 AM GMT.
June 21, 2010 at 11:28 UTC (Universal Time)
June 21, 2004, at 00:57 UTC (Universal Time).
Immediately after the summer solstice, the time between sunrise and sunset starts to diminish.
The solstices occur at the same time around the world, but what one hemisphere calls the summer solstice the other hemisphere calls the winter solstice, and vice versa, since the seasons are always opposite across the equator.
That's the time of the June solstice, which is the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere and the winter solstice in the southern hemisphere.
The 2009 Summer Solstice happens at 5:45 AM GMT on June 21.
Summer begins with the summer solstice. The date varies, depending on the year, but, in the northern hemisphere, the solstice is on or around June 21. I am not sure why "mid"summer would be celebrated on or near the start of summer, but, supposedly, it was indeed celebrated some time between June 21 and June 24. Different cultures celebrated on different days within that period.
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In 2010 the Southern Solstice takes place on the 21st of December at 23:38 UTC, which in New Zealand Daylight Saving time is 12:38 on the 22nd therefore the longest day for New Zealand for 2010 is December 22.
Earth is getting colder at that time. It does not immediately start getting warmer once the winter solstice is passed. It can be up to a month later, before it begins, so the month after a winter solstice is cold. For the summer, it is the same, in that the Earth keeps getting warmer for a time after the summer solstice, so the warmest temperatures are after the summer solstice, before the cooling process starts.
In 1944, the dates of the summer solstice were:June 21 in northern hemisphere time zones west of and including UTC + 10 hrs.June 22 in northern hemisphere time zones east of and including UTC + 11 hrs.Dec. 21 in southern hemisphere time zones west of and including UTC.Dec. 22 in southern hemisphere time zones east of and including UTC + 1 hr.
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