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I moved from the southeast US to the Bay Area, and the difference in seasons is striking. It went from a clearly defined spring, summer, fall, and winter to what appears to be "brown/dry" season and "green/wet" season. I certainly don't miss winter or the hottest parts of summer, but I do miss spring and fall (particularly autumn colors). The almost nonstop sunshine is a nice replacement though.

I wonder what other parts of the world have "weird" seasons?

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You can get your autumn fix if you go into the east bay hills, like tilden nature area and san pablo reservoir. Tree's turn pretty colors over there.

Where I live (Townsville, Australia) the only changes are that it gets hotter the closer you are to Summer and cooler the closer you are to Winter. The rainfall (minimal) is pretty similar all year round.

UK is much nearer the picture described in the article's small seasons. I'm sure a century back in many families could come up with the regional variations on this theme. They would be highly localised too, as despite being a small island we pack a ridiculous amount of weather into our "mild" climate. :)

Winter breaks into the damp start, the still but gloomy mid winter, and the sharp coldness[1] of late winter. All the others break down similarly.

[1] UK doesn't really have winters like I remember from youth and twenties any more.

Sydney, Australia is pretty much the same - 2 seasons, most trees are green all year, and things that you’d normally associate with Autumn tend to happen at the start of Winter.

Where in the southeast? I grew up around Knoxville, which had reasonably well defined seasons. Then I moved to Atlanta, which basically has “summer” and “not summer”.

Haha, similar to you then. Grew up near Atlanta, then moved to Knoxville, then the Bay Area.

I live in Atlanta (formerly: Philadelphia, Boston, Bay Area). I would say that Atlanta "winter" is cold enough to be a season - although it's more defined by the threat of possible snow than by actual snow.

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