July

July is the seventh month of the year (between June and August) in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and the fourth month to have the length of 31 days. It was named by the Roman Senate in honor of the Roman general, Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth. Prior to that, it was called Quintilis.

Contents

• Observances
• Month long observances
• Non Gregorian observances 2017
• Movable observances 2016
• First Friday July 1
• First Saturday July 2
• First Saturday and Sunday July 23
• First Full Week in July July 310
• Nearest Sunday to July 11 July 10
• Second Thursday July 14
• Third Sunday July 17
• Third Monday July 18
• Weekend of fourth Saturday July 2224
• Fourth Sunday July 24
• Second to Last Sunday July 24
• Fourth Thursday July 28
• Thursday before the first Monday in August July 28
• Fourth Friday July 29
• Last Friday July 29
• Last Saturday July 30
• Last Sunday July 31
• Movable Western Christian observances
• Movable Eastern Christian observances
• Fixed Gregorian observances
• July symbols
• References

It is on average the warmest month in most of the Northern hemisphere (where it is the second month of summer) and the coldest month in much of the Southern hemisphere (where it is the second month of winter). The second half of the year commences in July. In the Southern hemisphere, July is the seasonal equivalent of January in the Northern hemisphere.

In the Northern Hemisphere, "Dog days" are considered to begin in early July, when the hot sultry weather of summer usually starts. Spring lambs, born in late winter or early spring, are usually sold before July 1.

July is the traditional period known as "fence month" (the closed season for deer in England), the end Trinity term (sitting of the High Court of Justice of England), taking place on July 31, and also the time in which the elections of Japanese House of Councillors, replacing half of its seats, held every three years (the latest one in 2016).

In Ancient Rome the festival of Poplifugia was celebrated on July 5, Ludi Apollinares on July 13 and for several days afterwards, but these dates does not correspond to the modern Gregorian one.