The winter solstice is the minimum in heating, but the minimum in temperature lags because of thermal capacitance of the atmosphere-ocean-land system.
Climatologists usually consider (northern) winter to be December-January-February, which is three weeks ahead of the astronomical definition. That puts the middle of winter in the second week of January, which is pretty close to the time of the historically observed temperature minimum, at least in locations far from an ocean.
winter begins in December because that is when the solstice occurs when countries north of the Equator are tilted the furthest away from the sun. It is also the beginning of summer in countries south of the Equator
The Roman Christians did it. It was decided, much after the death of Jesus Christ, that he was born on the winter solstice - though there is no evidence. This fits nicely with numerous other pagan religions of the time, which celebrated extravagantly the beginning of the lengthening daylight in the northern hemisphere. In that time, the winter solstice was on December 25. The solstice moved around, having a different date every few decades, because the calendar being used then was not exactly 365.25 days. When the Gregorian calendar was established, the New Year (January 1) was decided to be eight days after December 24/25, reflecting the belief that Jesus was circumcised on the eighth day after his birth, as was the Jewish custom. This would be the first time that Jesus would shed blood, demonstrating his humanity and initiating his path of spiritual salvation for humankind.
My preference would have been to have the new year begin on the winter solstice (I reside in the Northern Hemisphere), but myth and magic ruled the day.
No season begins in November. Winter begin on December 22.
The offical date of winter is the same with the entire country, the winter solstice. In Houston, TX, it doesn't FEEL like winter until December and January. Then again, in Lamessa, TX, it doesn't feel like winter until November. It just depends on where you go, and what part of the state you're in.
December is mostly in the Fall but in late December, it changes into Winter. The first day of meteorologic Winter is December 1 but Winter doesn't officially start til Dec. 21 (2012).
Winter begins on Solstice: December 21st in the northern hemisphere and June 21st in the Southern hemisphere.... In the UK and Ireland, winter solstice (December 21st) is considered mid-winter. Therefore winter is considered to be the months of November, December and January. The December solstice will occur at 23:38 (or 11.38pm) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on December 21, 2010. The December solstice occurs when the sun reaches its most southerly declination of -23.5 degrees. In other words, it is when the North Pole is tilted 23.5 degrees away from the sun. The sun is directly overhead on the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere during the December solstice.
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Winter begin at December. Sometimes earlier, sometimes later. It ends (officially) in February.
Officially, winter begins with the Winter Solstice on December 21.
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Officially, winter begins at the winter solstice, December 21 or 22 for the entirety of the northern hemisphere.
No season begins in November. Winter begin on December 22.
Is it December 18th
Normally around January first and it ends at about December thirty third
Winter of 2011-2012 started on December 22 at 07:30 (7:30 AM) IST. Winter of 2012-2013 starts on December 21 at 13:12 (1:12 PM) IST.