<P> The summer solstice occurs during the hemisphere 's summer . This is the June solstice in the Northern Hemisphere and the December solstice in the Southern Hemisphere . Depending on the shift of the calendar , the summer solstice occurs some time between June 20 and June 22 in the Northern Hemisphere and between December 20 and December 23 each year in the Southern Hemisphere . The same dates in the opposite hemisphere are referred to as the winter solstice . </P>
when does the summer solstice occur in the northern hemisphere
some time between June 20 and June 22