[11th Commandment]

How can winter start on October 25th in Iceland when the start of winter for the entire Northern Hemisphere starts on Dec 21st.

DO THE LAW OF PHYSICS NOT EXIST IN ICELAND!!

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Well, in Phoenix, if there is going to be snow, it will either be on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Kind of a small window.

However, seasons there are easy. They start with June, July and Aug. being summer. Then Sept., Oct. and Nov. are fall. Dec., Jan. and Feb. are winter. Then March, April and May are spring.

Swim season is typically mid-April to around the first week of October.

[Alvin Diogenes]

How can winter start on October 25th in Iceland when the start of winter for the entire Northern Hemisphere starts on Dec 21st.

Iceland has a traditional calendar which defines the first day of summer and winter in its own way. See http://www.icenews.is/2009/10/25/welcome-to-the-icelandic-winter/:

"... Iceland recognises the first day of summer as the first Thursday after the 18th April and the first day of winter as the Saturday between the 21st and 27th October."