Spring Equinox

Still Farming · Mar 20, 2017

Happy spring Equinox day .
Day and night the same .
Clocks alter this weekend too so BEST time of the year for Farmers.

KMA · Mar 20, 2017

It's an hour less in bed

Tarw Coch · Mar 20, 2017

KMA said:
It's an hour less in bed

Need a dislike button for that

Lazy Sod · Mar 20, 2017

Despite the availability of google these days, I've never been able to find out why we alter the clocks when we do. In the autumn it's about 2 months before the shortest day, but in the spring about 3 months after it. It can't be anything to do with the equinoxes, because the autumn one is in September.

Tarw Coch · Mar 20, 2017

Lazy Sod said:
Despite the availability of google these days, I've never been able to find out why we alter the clocks when we do. In the autumn it's about 2 months before the shortest day, but in the spring about 3 months after it. It can't be anything to do with the equinoxes, because the autumn one is in September.

Never understood it myself, the winter could be shortened by a month/six weeks if the clocks had gone forward mid February, the same amount of days after the shortest day as they went back before the shortest day.

Gong Farmer · Mar 20, 2017

Still Farming said:
Happy spring Equinox day .
Day and night the same .

Oh good, I get to see more rain.

On Saturday, I recorded one of those days where the min and max temp were the same (10 deg). Happens occasionally, always struck me as weird.

Hilly · Mar 20, 2017

Why dont they move them half an hour and leave it at that an then everyone gets a bit of everything and no messing with the body clock twice a year ?

Roger Perry · Mar 20, 2017

Changed 12th of March and back first weekend in November this side.

Tarw Coch · Mar 20, 2017

Roger Perry said:
Changed 12th of March and back first weekend in November this side.

Last Saturday in October and next weekend here.

multi power · Mar 20, 2017

Hilly said:
Why dont they move them half an hour and leave it at that an then everyone gets a bit of everything and no messing with the body clock twice a year ?

Or just leave them alone

Still Farming · Mar 20, 2017

It was done for benefit of farmers and school children but both don't give a "monkies", these days so leave them alone?

Tarw Coch · Mar 20, 2017

Still Farming said:
It was done for benefit of farmers and school children but both don't give a "monkies", these days so leave them alone?

Not sure how much of a benefit it is to farmers, In mid winter many of us start before daylight and finish after dark, tinckering with the times ain't going to change that.

Still Farming · Mar 20, 2017

They do lots of things "just because they always have " type if thing ???

Alicecow · Mar 20, 2017

Lazy Sod said:
Despite the availability of google these days, I've never been able to find out why we alter the clocks when we do. In the autumn it's about 2 months before the shortest day, but in the spring about 3 months after it. It can't be anything to do with the equinoxes, because the autumn one is in September.

As I understand it, we change the clocks on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox.

Gong Farmer · Mar 20, 2017

Alicecow said:
As I understand it, we change the clocks on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the equinox.

No, that's Easter Sunday definition, isn't it?

Alicecow · Mar 20, 2017

Fromebridge said:
No, that's Easter Sunday definition, isn't it?

Well done for spotting my deliberate mistake

le bon paysan · Mar 20, 2017

Our Equinox was the 17th.

Now to look out for the 1st swallows

Wombat · Mar 20, 2017

Still Farming said:
It was done for benefit of farmers and school children but both don't give a "monkies", these days so leave them alone?

Yup but leave them in summer time

Clayfarmer · Mar 20, 2017

If you are on the equator the sun will be directly overhead during the spring and autumn equinoxes which makes them both the hottest time of the year -ie 2 hot seasons in spring and autumn!!

Our mid summer and mid winter are the coolest time of year on the equator.

Tarw Coch · Mar 21, 2017

le bon paysan said:
Our Equinox was the 17th.

Now to look out for the 1st swallows

Aye, there's nothing like the first swallow in the spring.

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