Understanding meteorological vs. astronomical spring

With many eagerly awaiting the warmer weather, meteorological spring actually started this past sunday. Sure doesn't feel like it today. I'm trying to do certainty. Meteorologist Alexa Bianco explains the difference from astronomical spring. Alexa. Yes, I'm going to take it though. Spring has already started in my eyes, but here's why meteorological seasons and meteorological spring already began on sunday march 1st for our climate records. We use essentially three month period. So the winter months are december, january, february, spring is march, april and may and so on because we need to have pretty much a 90 day period because the dates of astronomical like to say winter or spring, you know, they change from from year to year. Fall and spring serve as transition periods between the extremes of winter and summer, which is the fundamental concept behind meteorological seasons. According to the National Centers for Environmental Information, it is much easier for meteorologists and climatologists to calculate seasonal statistics year to year with this setup. However, astronomical spring is based on the sun and earth. N. C. E. I. Continues at the natural rotation of earth around the sun forms the basis for the astronomical calendar in which we define seasons with summer and winter solstice and fall and spring equinox. So in terms of meteorology, we're in spring, but according to the sun angle wise, we are not. That starts on March 20th. Working for you. Storm team meteorologist Alexa Bianco.