Spring (season)

<p>Spring, also known as springtime, is one of the four <a href="/facts/Temperate/6WPypCzC">temperate</a> <a href="/facts/Season/20vCqJWN">seasons</a>, succeeding <a href="/facts/Winter/kSp26z8R">winter</a> and preceding <a href="/facts/Summer/v3DY22Uq">summer</a>. There are various technical definitions of spring, but local usage of the term varies according to local climate, cultures and customs. When it is spring in the <a href="/facts/Northern_Hemisphere/EFwyqL25">Northern Hemisphere</a>, it is <a href="/facts/Autumn/Rk9KKsS2">autumn</a> in the <a href="/facts/Southern_Hemisphere/QfJ4z9L5">Southern Hemisphere</a> and vice versa. At the spring <a href="/facts/Equinox/s8kaFsD2">equinox</a>, also called the vernal equinox, <a href="/facts/Daytime_(astronomy)/nR7raDjV">days</a> and nights are approximately twelve hours long, with daytime length increasing and nighttime length decreasing as the season progresses until the summer <a href="/facts/Solstice/3vEDtAhg">solstice</a>. The spring equinox is in March in the Northern Hemisphere and in September in the Southern Hemisphere, while the summer solstice is in June in the Northern Hemisphere and in December in the Southern Hemisphere.
</p><p>Spring and "springtime" refer to the season, and also to ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, resurrection and regrowth. <a href="/facts/Subtropical/gK0KyFUD">Subtropical</a> and <a href="/facts/Tropical/Iv1es8Ih">tropical</a> areas have climates better described in terms of other seasons, e.g. dry or wet, monsoonal or cyclonic. Cultures may have local names for seasons which have little equivalence to the terms originating in Europe.
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Spring (season)