True. But inches of retention care bigly. Stuff was melting off yesterday that normally wouldn't happen on say December 19.
My grandmother, mother, and aunts would always say after July 4 summer is basically over. Yes the peak heat is coming, but the back to school stuff starts to come out, the day light is less .....and if you've been stuck in misery mist and clouds until July 4, well you just missed half the summer. The clock doesn't lie. It's like watching only the best part of the movie. Why bother watching the start, when the best is yet to come?