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I love it when spring is slow to start. I don't hate warm weather into fall since it's usually comfortable, but would prefer it to cool off quicker than it does here.
The worst "lag" was when spring finally was arriving at our dairy farm in Minnesota.
The snow had melted, the frost was gone, and the mud was finally drying up. Field work was ready to start ( mid April)
Then, an overnight snowstorm drops about 8 inches, temps drop, the grond turns back to cold mud and fieldwork is delayed a couple weeks due to below normal temps.
Always hate " going backwards" when that far along into spring.
I counted the seasons as three month periods, not by actual temperatures. Of course November is warmer than May, as Nov is the last month of spring, and May the last of autumn. Like I doubt you'll find any places in the northern hemisphere where May is colder than November. It's also extremely rare to find places where autumn is sunnier than spring.
The 24h mean temp in BA Sep-Nov is 17.5C, in Mar-May 17.8C, so as we all said, a minimal seasonal lag. Almost none.
Most of the Southeast and Great Plains states in the US have far sunnier autumns than springs.
Well seasonal lag is a feature of more maritime climates and seems to be more to do with moderating effects of cooler sea temperatures limiting the temperature in spring and early summer, below what it would be if it was more inland. You can clearly see this in places like California and Western Africa where as you go inland the spring/early summer max temps become much hotter and take on a more "normal" profile with late June/July getting the highest temps. The compromise is that these places are slower to cool in autumn. However I would prefer a climate with less seasonal lag.
That's me, I'm not a fan of cold days in May when the days are long yet you don't want to go outside and enjoy them or of 15C and humid weather in November when you wake up to dark and grey and dress for the idea that it "looks cold outside".
I like a slight delay. The very long days and strong sunlight of mid to late May combined with mild, very comfortable weather creates my favorite weather of the year.
I remember the first year I moved to California, it was in the 70's in the Bay all summer with 60's in San Francisco. I remember wearing a jacket to July 4th fireworks. Then came fall and it jumped up to 108 even along the coast (in Monterrey of all places). That was the only time the Pacific Ocean actually felt decent. Actually, it was still cold but the sun warmed you up quick.
That same year was 87 at Halloween. It finally cooled down in December to mid 50's and rain which it stayed until March, when it was in the 80's for a time period and then 60's from April through May as the fog settled in. That summer however featured several heatwaves into the 100's in June, July, August, September, and October.
The only real constant was mid 50's to mid 60's and rainy/overcast in the winter.
I love it when spring is slow to start. I don't hate warm weather into fall since it's usually comfortable, but would prefer it to cool off quicker than it does here.
In my fictional climate, spring is usually beginning by the first week of April. There is always a 'last hurrah' for winter though that usually comes in late April, sending temperatures into the 20s or teens with accumulating snow.
Summer lingers into October with highs in the 90s almost a certainty during the first half of the month.
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