Summer Solstice 2024 Date And. Summer begins with the solstice on thursday, june 20, 2024, marking the astronomical first day of summer in the northern hemisphere. Thursday’s summer solstice — the longest day and shortest night of the year in the northern hemisphere — is the earliest in 228 years, since 1796, when george washington.

This year summer solstice falls on thursday, june 20 at precisely 9.51pm in the uk. The summer solstice for the northern hemisphere occurs on june 20, 2024, at 4:51 p.m.