high summer
Season's hottest stretch
High summer is the peak of summer—the hottest, longest days, typically July and August in the Northern Hemisphere.
The phrase evokes the season at its fullest: The garden was in full bloom during high summer.
It carries a sense of ripeness and abundance, the time when summer has fully arrived rather than just beginning.
- AugustEighth calendar month
- dog daysHottest summer weeks
- cicadasDroning winged insects
- JulySeventh calendar month
- haymakingCuring grass for storage
solstice · ripeness · heat wave · harvests · farmers market · sweltering · peak · zenith · abundance · sunstroke · hot spell · lush greenery · nature's bounty · torpor · humid · barbecue · sultry · ceiling fan
seasonal timing
high summermidwinter
Season's coldest period
dead of winter · winter solstice · January · February · late summer
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