July is the seventh month of the year in theJulian andGregorian calendars. Its length is 31 days. It was named by theRoman Senate in honour of Roman general and statesmanJulius Caesar in 44 B.C., being the month of his birth. Before then it was calledQuintilis, being the fifth month of the calendar that started with March.[1]
It is on average the warmest month in most of theNorthern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of summer, and the coldest month in much of theSouthern Hemisphere, where it is the second month of winter. The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern Hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.
"Dog days" are considered to begin in early July in theNorthern Hemisphere, when the hot sultry weather of summer usually starts.Spring lambs born in late winter or early spring are usually sold before 1 July.
Bluedelphinium (Larkspur)Whitewater lilyIn recent decades, the number of warm temperature records in July has outpaced cold temperature records over a growing portion of Earth's surface.[2]
(All Baha'i, Islamic, and Jewish observances begin at the sundown before the date listed, and end at sundown of the date in question unless otherwise noted.)
Phi Ta Khon (Dan Sai,Loei province,Isan, Thailand) – Dates are selected by village mediums and can take place anywhere between March and July.
Matariki (Māori New Year) – Differentiwi celebrate according to their own tradition and theNew Zealand Government calculates the public holiday each year according to advice from the Matariki Advisory Committee. Dates can fall from late June to late July.[5]
^"Mean Monthly Temperature Records Across the Globe". National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Link is an example for one month; for other months, change the "202501" in the preceding URL toyyyymm, whereyyyy is the four-digit year andmm is the two-digit month (01=January through 12=December)
^The Earth passed the junction of the signs at 08:36 UT/GMT July 22, 2020, and will pass it again at 14:26 UT/GMT July 22, 2021.
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