{"id":2155537,"date":"2026-09-21T15:37:39","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2155537"},"modified":"2026-09-21T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:37:39","slug":"why-is-fall-hotter-than-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2155537","title":{"rendered":"Why is Fall Hotter Than Spring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_360797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360797\" style=\"width: 798px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-360797 lazyload\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAoAAAAGrAQMAAABqgLQIAAAABlBMVEUAAAD\/\/\/+l2Z\/dAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAADhJREFUeNrtwTEBAAAAwqD1T+1tB6AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADgDIcbAAEnbF1FAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC\" alt=\"Why fall is hotter than spring\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/istockphoto-842760830-612x612-1.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/istockphoto-842760830-612x612-1.jpg?w=612&amp;ssl=1 612w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/istockphoto-842760830-612x612-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/istockphoto-842760830-612x612-1.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-max-width=\"640\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"640\" data-eio-rheight=\"427\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-360797\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/istockphoto-842760830-612x612-1.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Why fall is hotter than spring\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-eio=\"l\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Why is fall hotter than spring? Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.istockphoto.com\">iStock<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px auto;text-align: center;display: block;clear: both\">\n<!-- GAM 71161633\/SNWBR_snowbrains\/article_hrec_1 --><\/p>\n<div data-fuse=\"article_hrec_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>A funny thing happens every September.<\/strong> You pull your hoodie out of summer storage, expecting crisp mornings, but then find yourself peeling it off by noon, as the sun feels closer to July than January. The calendar says we are sliding toward winter, yet the air insists on replaying summer\u2019s greatest hits. The flip side of the story shows up in April, when rising sun angles promise warmth but leftover chill from February still bites. Why does the weather seem backward at the two equinoxes?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/snowbrains.com\/climate-change-could-actually-lead-to-more-snow-but-theres-a-catch\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Climate Change Could Actually Lead to More Snow\u2014But There\u2019s a Catch<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Picture Earth as a huge cast-iron pan\u00a0sitting\u00a0on a burner for all of June and July.<\/strong> When you finally turn the heat down at the solstice, the pan does not cool right away. It keeps sizzling, and anything resting on it will brown for quite a while. That lingering sizzle is the planet\u2019s thermal memory. Land, water, and air store the peak summer sunlight, and they release it over the next couple of months. By early September, the skillet is only partway through its cool-down, so the atmosphere we breathe is still drawing energy from surfaces that remain warmer than space can carry away each night. Meteorologists call this phenomenon the \u2018seasonal lag.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Water makes the biggest contribution.<\/strong> Oceans soak up four times more heat per kilogram than rock, and they cover most of the globe. During spring, the first job of incoming sunlight is to thaw the cold mixed layer and melt any remaining ice. The ocean behaves like a rechargeable battery that must be filled before it can release warmth back into the air. That filling process runs through June. Emptying begins in July and August, and the outflow of stored heat pours into September\u2019s weather. Even inland cities feel it because winds continually import marine-conditioned air masses.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360798\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-360798 size-full lazyload\" src=\"image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAoAAAAFAAQMAAAAWA19JAAAABlBMVEUAAAD\/\/\/+l2Z\/dAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAADBJREFUeNrtwTEBAAAAwqD1T20MH6AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPgZlQAABOGKJ6gAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Melting spring snow and ice delaying seasonal warming\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-Melting-Snow-Affects-the-Garden1.jpg.webp?resize=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-Melting-Snow-Affects-the-Garden1.jpg.webp?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-Melting-Snow-Affects-the-Garden1.jpg.webp?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-Melting-Snow-Affects-the-Garden1.jpg.webp?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-Melting-Snow-Affects-the-Garden1.jpg.webp?resize=600%2C300&amp;ssl=1 600w\" data-max-width=\"640\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-eio-rwidth=\"640\" data-eio-rheight=\"320\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-360798 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/snowbrains.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/How-Melting-Snow-Affects-the-Garden1.jpg.webp?resize=640%2C320&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Melting spring snow and ice delaying seasonal warming\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" data-eio=\"l\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Spring faces an extra hurdle that fall never sees: the snow and ice tax. | Photo: Wallace\u2019s Garden Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Spring faces an extra hurdle that fall never sees: the snow and ice tax.<\/strong> April sunshine sinks a surprising share of its energy into melting snow, thawing frozen ground, and evaporating water from soggy fields. This latent heat work does not raise the thermometer. 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event is sent<br \/>\n                setTimeout(function() {<br \/>\n                    window.location.href = url;<br \/>\n                }, 100);<br \/>\n            });<br \/>\n        });<br \/>\n    });<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/snowbrains.com\/winter-2024-25-scorecard-how-the-big-names-in-long-range-weather-forecasting-fared\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Winter 2024-25 Scorecard: How the Big Names in Long Range Weather Forecasting Fared<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Meanwhile, the planet\u2019s energy books are still open.<\/strong> In September, although daylight is shorter than in June, the surface is still gaining more short-wave energy each day than it loses in long-wave radiation to space. April shows the opposite sign. The gain-loss crossover happens a few weeks after the autumn equinox, which is why serious cooling finally clicks in by mid-October. Atmospheric traffic patterns add another twist. Springtime winds for North America often originate over snow-capped Canada, so they arrive chilled. In September, those source regions have just experienced their warmest month, and the air they export keeps the continent cozy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Put it together, and the asymmetry becomes inevitable.<\/strong> Spring must overcome a planet that is still hemorrhaging winter\u2019s cold while fall coasts on a surplus of leftover summer heat. 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