When would be your ideal "height of summer?" (warm, days)

[MissSoBelle]

It's June, and we're still getting possible frost warnings at night...and instructions to cover tender vegetation. Ugh. Such a short summer up here.

[AdriannaSmiling]

First week of September is our hottest average temperature but we can have a heat wave (highs of 90 F +) anywhere from late April through the middle of October.

[animalcrazy]

When ever the lightening bugs peak breeding week is down by the park where I walk the boys at night. It's alive with little flashing lights from the ground to the top of the trees. Be there at midnight and it's magic

[ral31]

In my area, the period when the average highs are highest is from August 13 to August 22 (94 F). This would also be close to my ideal peak for summer.

[cjg5]

Late July through early August, which is when it is here already. I DO wish that summer would start a little bit earlier than it does, but summers here last through mid September and sometimes even spill into the later half of the month and early October during Indian Summers.

[Ethereal]

In the southern hemisphere (or Sydney), it's around January 1-10th.

[alex985]

My ideal height of summer would be July 1-10.

[CairoCanadian]

End of June followed by a slightly more moderate rainy season, like in Northern India only without the extremes of heat.

[sulkiercupid]

Sometime in mid-August, prefer the peak of the heat to occur well after the solstice but not so much that the seasons are too out of kilter with the sun.

[Patricius Maximus]

I've found over the years that I'm wired for earlier seasons, particularly when it comes to summer and autumn. I like for things to really warm up in May and for warmth to peak in mid to late June, with a very noticeable cooling coming around August. The temperatures would track the daylight, essentially. It just seems right for the warmest time of year to be around the solstice.