Is today (21st June) Midsummers Day or the first day of summer? I get conflicting thoughts off different people. I've always thought of today as Midsummers Day (since I was a little kid) but now have it pointed out to me that today is actually the first day of summer. Which is it??
Today is the summer solstice and longest day, and can vary between the 20th and 24th dependent on earths orbit and rotation. Midsummers day usually coincides with the summer solstice.