09-08-2025
Friday was just past halfway from solstice to equinox
Summer expresses itself in Washington in many ways, some of them quite pleasant, such as Friday, a day in what might seem deepest summer, but a day that brought neither scorching heat nor steamy humidity, and appeared instead to be created for enjoyment.
Friday's claim to exist in the depths of summer comes from its calendar position on the road from the summer solstice to the autumn equinox. Friday was 49 days since summer began with the solstice on June 20. On Friday 45 days remained until the autumn equinox on Sept. 22. So Friday fell seven weeks since the start of summer, and six and a half weeks until its end.
