Enjoy all the summer fun facts for everyone’s favorite season. Or is it?
The summer solstice happens every year in June.
Monarch butterflies spend their summers in North America before going south.
The most lightning storms happen in July.
Fire season starts in July, as well. Wildfires are most likely to spread during this time.
Sunlight helps your body make Vitamin D. Seeing sun also makes you feel good, all because of the chemical in the brain called serotonin.
Ash and dust from a giant volcano eruption in 1816 changed the weather. The year was known as “the year with no summer” because the temperatures and weather were more like winter.
Animals love the summer because there is a lot of food for them to eat. This is a fun summer fun fact for all of us.
For humans, we sweat to cool down. As soon as the sweat evaporates off our bodies, we begin to cool down.
When bees are hot, they bring water droplets into their hive to keep it cool. They cool the hive with evaporating water by fanning the water with their
wings.
The longest time barbequing has a world record of 80 hours. Heck ya, the coolest of world record summer fun facts.
Berries are in season every summer. Strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries are so delicious in the summer and super healthy.
Tug-of-war used to be a summer Olympic event.
Snakes and lizards hide in shade or burrows to stay cool.
Kangaroos stay cool by covering their arms and bodies with spit. As their saliva evaporates, they cool down.
Ancient people used wet reeds, water-filled jugs, and wet fabric to cool the air.
Trees have all their leaves in the summer and can form dense canopies. This is one of the most amazing summer fun facts and it keeps you cool, too.
Plants spend their summer capturing sunlight and turning it into energy.
Leaves turn green because of chlorophyll. The leaves turn back to their normal colors in the Fall.
Until the day gets too hot, animals and insects are busier during the summer.
Trees grow more slowly when it’s hot. This saves them energy during the summer.
Strawberries are not actually a berry. Did you know this summer fun fact?
Plants can angle their leaves away from the sun to stay cool. If plants are hot, they angle their leaves away from the sun to stay cool.
Some plants “sweat” and release water when it’s hot. The water evaporates and the plant cools down.
Watermelon is considered a favorite summer fruit. There are 300 different kinds of watermelon worldwide.
During the summer in Alaska, there’s light 24 hours a day for part of the season.
Lemonade and citrus-flavored drinks are refreshing in the summer. Because they’re acidic, these drinks make your mouth create more saliva, which helps you feel more hydrated.
Sun tea is slow-brewed while sitting in the summer sun, what an amazing summer fun fact, and drink!
Peaches, plums, and cherries, are stone fruits of the summer. They’re called stone fruits because of the single pit in the middle.
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