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For some, winter is the happiest time of the year, while for others, it is the most “unpleasant” time of the year. It all depends on how you look at it - some people like a landscape covered with frost, fluffy snow and snow, someone sees only mud and cold in winter. Interestingly, almost half of the world’s population has never seen real snow in their lifetime.
Winter - in our country it is December, January and February, while in the southern hemisphere - June, July and August. The astronomical winter lasts from December 21 to March 21. Climatic winter comes when the average daily temperature drops below zero degrees.
Sometimes winter can come at the behest of one of the rulers. How do you say? Once upon a time, King Louis XIV of France wanted to go sledding in the summer. A snow plow made of salt and sugar was immediately built around Versailles without any problems.
The largest snowfalls in Moscow were in the spring, not in the winter. It happened on April 1944, 30, with a sudden heavy snowfall in the capital. The pieces of snow were as big as the palms of people, like ostrich feathers.
European sociologists have come to an interesting conclusion during a survey of the population - those born in the winter have a 100% higher chance of surviving until the age of 16 than others. In addition, such people are more resilient and often achieve high results in sports.
In 2012, Venice had such a cold winter that the gondolas were frozen in ice and could not move on the water. A similar situation was observed in 1985.
In 1468, wines froze due to severe cold in the basements of Burgundy.
Fragments, like human fingerprints, are always different.
No similar pair has been found during many years of research.
The largest piece of snow that fell into human hands was 38 centimeters in diameter.
People who don’t like winter are rare, but there are those who are afraid of it. They cannot withstand the cold and are afraid of snow and even ice. Psychologists classify it as cynophobia.
The lowest temperature readings are recorded in winter. Thus, the coldest time on Earth was December 2013, 8 - the temperature at the Japanese station in Antarctica was recorded at -91,2ºC.
If we have winter - December, January and February, then the southern hemisphere is the opposite. There comes a calendar winter when we have a hot summer. This is true for Australia, New Zealand, Africa and South America.