Pumpkin Spice Lattes: The Fall Indicator?
• There is no scientific link between the availability of Pumpkin Spice Lattes and the actual start of the fall season.
• The release of Pumpkin Spice Lattes is more of a marketing and cultural signal than a meteorological one.
• The official start of fall, as defined by meteorologists, is based on the Earth's axial tilt and the autumnal equinox.
PSLs and the start of autumn
While the calendar might say it's fall, and stores are stocked with pumpkin spice everything, does that first sip of a pumpkin spice latte (PSL) truly signal the start of autumn? Meteorologists weigh in on this cultural phenomenon.
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