2 weeks Ago By Sean Gleaves
Digital Reporter Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Shields Gazette, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Temperatures in some areas of the UK are expected to reach 19C on Thursday, coinciding with the spring equinox, making certain regions warmer than Ibiza which is forecast to hit 18C. However, temperatures in the North East will remain cooler, with Sunderland reaching 11C, South Tyneside 12C and Newcastle 13C.
Advertisement Advertisement Temperatures will rise slightly on Saturday, with highs of 15C in Newcastle, before dropping again to around 10C. At the equinox, the Earth's axis is neither tilted towards nor away from the Sun, resulting in nearly equal day and night lengths. The equinox occurs twice a year, in March and September.
The spring equinox marks the start of astronomical spring, and after this, days will be longer than nights, leading up to the summer solstice on 21 June. This year, the spring equinox will fall on 20 March. Although it marks the start of astronomical spring, the clocks won’t go forward until the last Sunday of the month—30 March—when they will jump forward by one hour at 1am.
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