The slovak republik has a moderate climate. A year is divited into 4 seasons: summer, autumn, winter (fall) ans spring. Each season has about 3 months and is atractive in some way.
SPRING: Begins on 21st March. Nature begins to awake from its long winter sleep. Nights get shorter and days get longer. There is more sunshine and it becomes warmer and warmer. Snow melts. Soon in gardens the first flowers appear: snowdrops, violets, tulips. The weather in april is changable , the temperatures are often below zero at night although days may be quite warm.
SUMMER: June 21st is the date when summer begins. The temperatures rise to 25°C and rain may have often comes in the form of a storm (thunderstorm). The sky clouds over,it gets dark and there is often lighting, thunder and heavy downpour. After the storm a rainbow may appear.
AUTUMN: On the 23rd of September autumn comes. The nice wheather breaks although we still enjoy fine days of Indian summer. In autumn the waether is unsettled, the sky is often cloudy, it usually doesn´t clear up by day. A temperature continues to drop, it becomes wet and raining.
WINTER: Comes on December 21st, but it often begins earlier. Typical winter weather brings snowfall, wind and frost. Sometimes the wind piles up snowdrifts along the roads. Children can make a snowman, throw snowballs, they enjoy sledging, skating and skiing. Temperature sometimes drop to 20°C below zero. The roads become icy slippery. But as the climate gets warmer we miss a real winter more and more.