The Summer Of 2024 Is Called. We’ll explain why it’s called “midsummer” when the day is so near the first day of summer (the solstice), why it’s also st. (the reverse is true in the southern hemisphere, where the longest day of the year occurs between december 20 and 22.)
At the june solstice, the sun reaches its northernmost point. The summer solstice is the time when the sun reaches its highest and northernmost points in the sky, according to the farmer’s almanac, marking the first day.