Months of the year in English
There are twelve months in a year. English words for months always begin
with a capital letter.
January
January is the first month of
the year. It’s during the winter. The weather is cold, the trees are bare, snow
falls.
February
February is the second month
of the year. It’s during the winter. The weather is cold and frosty. The earth
is bare. The ground is hard and frozen.
March
March is the third month of
the year. It marks the beginning of the spring. Plants begin to grow. The weather
is cold and windy.
April
April is the fourth month of
the year. It’s a spring month. Trees
sprout leaves. Buds open. Baby animals are born. The weather is rainy and
cloudy.
May
May is the fifth month of the
year. It’s a spring month. The days grow longer. Flowers begin to blossom. The
weather is warm and sunny.
June
June
is the sixth month of the year. It marks the beginning of the summer. The days
are longer, and the weather is warm and sunny.
July
July is the seventh month of
the year. It’s a summer month. The sun shines brightly most days. It’s usually
hot. Schools are closed for summer break.
August
August is the eighth month of
the year. It’s a summer month. Days are long and the weather is hot and sunny.
It’s the perfect time for a family holiday.
September
September is the ninth month
of the year. It marks the beginning of the autumn/fall. Summer break ends and
students go back to school again. Leaves turn brown and yellow and fall from
the trees.
October
October is the tenth month of the year. It’s a fall month. The weather is good but it could be wet and chilly.
November is the eleventh
month of the year. It’s the last month of fall. It’s getting colder, and trees
begin to look bare. Some animals get ready to sleep through the winter, and
migrating birds fly south.
December
December is the twelfth month
of the year. It marks the beginning of the winter. Winter is the coldest season
of the year. Nights are long and days are short.
The table below contains the months’
order, abbreviation, number of days they have and the season to which they
belong:
📆 All months have 30 or 31 days, except for February which has 28 days (29
in a leap year).
📅 Every fourth year, February has 29 days instead of 28. This year is
called a "leap year" and the 29th day of February is a "leap
day". A leap year has 366 days instead of the usual 365.
Month
|
Abbreviation
|
Number of days
|
Season
|
January
|
Jan.
|
31
|
winter
|
February
|
Feb.
|
28/29
|
|
March
|
Mar.
|
31
|
spring
|
April
|
Apr.
|
30
|
|
May
|
May
|
31
|
|
June
|
Jun.
|
30
|
summer
|
July
|
Jul.
|
31
|
|
August
|
Aug.
|
31
|
|
September
|
Sep.
|
30
|
autumn/
fall
|
October
|
Oct.
|
31
|
|
November
|
Nov.
|
30
|
|
December
|
Dec.
|
31
|
winter
|
Grammarly:
👉Use preposition IN
before the days of the week.
in January
in February
in March
in April
in May
in June
in July
in August
in September
in October
in November
in December
Examples:
My birthday’s in May.
She is going on a vacation in
August.
The school year begins in
September.
The birds fly south in
November.
We celebrate Christmas in
December.
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