What is austral winter?

austral winter- winter in the Southern Hemisphere; June-September. Comparatively, the Southern hemisphere has summer November-February because when the northern hemisphere is pointed away from the sun, the southern hemisphere is pointed towards it, making the seasons in this hemisphere opposite to those in the North.

Click here to know more about it. In this way, what is austral fall?

Austral winter, Austral spring, Austral summer In science the term used for the Southern Hemisphere (SH) is "Austral", as in "Austral winter". citation. "boreal winter" (or "boreal spring" or summer or fall), is shorthand for "Northern Hemisphere winter". (

Likewise, what are australs? 1 : of or relating to the southern hemisphere. 2 capitalized : australian. austral. aus·?tral | au?-ˈsträl plural australes au?-?ˈsträ-?lās also australs.

Accordingly, what is austral summer?

Antarctica is essentially a landform covered by a very thick hunk of ice owned by no country. The population is but a fraction of even the Emperor penguins — that is, about 4,000 people from many nationalities live there during the warm months, or the austral summer, October through February.

What is the weather like in the Northern Hemisphere?

Geography and Climate Winter in the Northern Hemisphere lasts from around December 21 (the winter solstice) to the vernal equinox around March 20. It has a climate with very cold winters and cool summers. In the winter, it is in complete darkness for 24 hours per day and in the summer it receives 24 hours of sunlight.