When Is The First Day Of Spring 2022? Facts, Quotes Celebrating Vernal Equinox

Following the end of daylight savings, the first day of spring is not far behind. In 2022, the vernal equinox will occur on March 20 in the northern hemisphere when the sun crosses the equator line, marking the beginning of a new season.

During this time of year, the sun begins to tilt toward the sun causing an increase in daylight hours and warmer temperatures.

The term “equinox” originates from the Latin words for “equal night.” When the equinox occurs, the sun crosses the celestial equator from the south to the north resulting in the length of days and nights becoming almost equal.

Equinoxes happen twice a year and are the only times the sun rises in the east and sets in the west across the globe.

In celebration of the first day of spring, here are some quotes from Goodreads and Parade to welcome a new season.

“The promise of spring’s arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter!” — Jen Selinsky
“You can cut all the flowers, but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” ― Pablo Neruda
“The first bud of spring sings the other seeds into joining her uprising.” ― Amanda Gorman
“Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush.” — Doug Larson
“It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heartache, you want it so!” ― Mark Twain
“Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come.” — Henry Rollins
“People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” — Robin Williams
“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke
“That is one good thing about this world…there are always sure to be more springs.” — L.M. Montgomery
“Spring is the fountain of love for thirsty winter” ― Munia Khan
“Despite the forecast, live like it’s spring.” — Lilly Pulitzer
“The beautiful spring came, and when nature resumes her loveliness, the human soul is apt to revive also.” — Harriet Ann Jacobs