9:01: Happy meteorological summer, everyone! 6/1 is the beginning of meteorological summer, and probably closer to the beginning of what the lay person calls summer. Astronomical summer, of course, begins on June 21st. That’s a sad day, though, as days start getting shorter then. Hooray daylight! Hooray Pennsylvania, without a cloud in the sky! Well, too late, I guess. It is 10 there now.