summer solstice

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As spring progresses, the gap between sunrise and sunset will keep widening until the summer solstice on 21 June when daylight will be at its peak.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The summer solstice marks the start of astronomical summer - a time some people associate with the beginning of the season, although meteorologists mark it from the beginning of June.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2025

Yet on the summer solstice, I spotted his SUV at the beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

It is composed of sarsens and bluestones, all of them aligned towards the sunrise on the summer solstice and sunset on the winter solstice.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2024

I didn’t know how we were ever going to find the entrance to the Underworld by tomorrow, the summer solstice.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan