# We get an extra long Summer this year! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371 "2015-05-19T16:07:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/1 "2015-05-19T16:07:51Z")
Just noticed that Memorial Day is the earliest it can possibly be and Labor Day is the latest it can possibly be. Guess this is payback for the miserable winter we had 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/2 "2015-05-19T16:44:27Z")
Here in Canada, Victoria Day (the Monday following the weekend before Memorial Day weekend) is also early. And Labo(u)r Day is on my birthday this year. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/3 "2015-05-19T17:39:33Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > Here in Canada, Victoria Day (the Monday following the weekend before Memorial Day weekend) is also early. And Labo(u)r Day is on my birthday this year. The Victoria Day weekend is the traditional time to open the cottage for the summer (and push the half-melted ice floes out of the way so you can dive down and pull the intake valve end of the water pipe out of the mud it’s sunk into over the winter). ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/4 "2015-05-19T18:00:40Z")
I see. I wouldn’t know, as my family is not wealthy enough to own a cottage. But it makes sense that it’s sort of considered the beginning of summer, and also it’s amusing that it’s slightly before the American date considered the beginning of summer, because we all know Canada is such a cold place. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/5 "2015-05-19T22:59:03Z")
Here in Northern Ohio we’re already working on a longer Summer. We’ve had days in early May that have set/tied heat records. It’s all about the extremes. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/6 "2015-05-20T03:04:41Z")
Tangential question: How long are American businesses expected to fly their flags at power-saving levels for Memorial Day? I saw flags half way up in several places last week, and asked the manager at one business why the flags were like that. He said it was due to the up-coming Memorial Day. Flags are at half-staff for two weeks or more before Memorial Day? How come I never noticed that before? ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/7 "2015-05-20T03:46:43Z")
Winter is coming. /Jon Snow ---
**Author:** ![txswimdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@txswimdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/txswimdad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/8 "2015-05-20T04:08:20Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Just noticed that Memorial Day is the earliest it can possibly be and Labor Day is the latest it can possibly be. Guess this is payback for the miserable winter we had 🙂 Indeed. This coming June will be one second longer than last year ([Leap Second - What is it?](http://www.timeanddate.com/time/leapseconds.html)). I plan on sleeping in. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/9 "2015-05-20T06:47:55Z")
I judge seasonal length by weather. I’m pretty sure meteorology doesn’t pay attention to the calendar. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/10 "2015-05-20T14:05:56Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > Winter is coming. /Jon Snow You know nothing. ---
**Author:** ![GrumpyBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bc8723/32.png) [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-get-an-extra-long-summer-this-year/720371/11 "2015-05-20T17:13:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Tangential question: > > How long are American businesses expected to fly their flags at power-saving levels for Memorial Day? I saw flags half way up in several places last week, and asked the manager at one business why the flags were like that. He said it was due to the up-coming Memorial Day. > > Flags are at half-staff for two weeks or more before Memorial Day? How come I never noticed that before? Because it’s wrong. On 5/15, flags were at half-mast for “Peace Officers Remembrance Day”. But nothing since. [Linky.](http://us.halfstaff.org/)