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First day of summer in Iceland is generally celebrated on Thursday between 19th and 25th of April. In the olden days the Islander divided their climatic condition mainly into two seasons, summer and winter. So after the long winters the advent of summer in Iceland had taken the form of celebration and thus the First day of summer came into existence. Iceland has a very cold weather and winter is mostly prevalent throughout the year and the mercury rises for a very small time. The average summer temperature is usually between 10.6oC/51oF in July, with the maximum rise of 24.3oC/76oF. During the mid winters there is no sun at all and hence to mark its appearance again in the horizon the First Day of summer is celebrated.
First day of summer in Iceland is not less than any other festival. Its public holiday over there in Iceland and it’s celebrated throughout the country with great grandeur and excitement. Various events, shows, colorful parades make it a memorable day and it is an age old celebration in this country. This unique day has the custom of interchanging gifts among the near and dear ones.
Iceland is a store house of scenic beauties that includes its awesome waterfalls, volcanoes, lagoons, lava, geysers and glacier rivers .People of Iceland are also very enthusiastic about their various festivals and they have their own sense of style to celebrate them .So after the long awaiting hours of winter the First day of summer is really different from the rest of the days that really calls for celebration.
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