seasonal shift
Weather pattern change
Seasonal shift refers to a change that occurs with the changing seasons—in weather patterns, consumer behavior, or natural phenomena.
Retailers prepare for the seasonal shift toward holiday shopping.
In ecology, it describes migration patterns or biological rhythms tied to seasons: The seasonal shift brought the first monarch butterflies.
Climate discussions use it for alterations in traditional seasonal timing.
- equinoxSun crosses celestial midline
- solsticeDay of maximum tilt
- autumnPost-summer cooling period
- migrationMovement to new territory
- harvestGathering mature crops
daylight · shorter days · spring forward · fall back · foliage · turning · frost · thaw · bloom · waning · first frost · lengthening · chill · sweater weather · warming · monsoon · dormancy · renewal
- monsoonmonsoon winds, heavy rain, torrential rain, downpour, rainfall
- temperature changestemperature drop, heat waves, temperature rise, cold snaps, temperature spike
- climate patternsEl Nino, La Nina, ice age, warming, cooling
- monsoonsmonsoon winds, monsoon rains, burst, break