Summer

Summer in the is a season that starts on June 1 and ends on August 31. In the Southern Hemisphere in, summer starts at December 1 and ends on February 28 (or 29th on leap years).

The setting of summer is where the trees and grass are at their greenest. The weather is mainly sunny with the possibility of rainfall towards the middle of June / December to early July / January. In games prior to, the sunshine allows for the player to receive a tan when stood outside for long periods of time without holding an umbrella.

Halfway through June in the Northern Hemisphere, heavy rainfall with possibly of thunderstorms will appear frequently and will last through the early part of July. For the rest of July / January, it is hot and dry, with occasional small bursts of rain. Neighbors during this period will complain that it is too hot. In August / February, it is usually humid and neighbors will complain about the "stickyness". It will sometimes rain, but when it does, it is usually around the end of the day or the afternoon. This usually brings up the chances of encountering a rainbow on these dates. By the end of season, the trees and the grass will turn into a deeper or darker shade of green which will deteriorate as the next season begins.

In, beaches will occasionally spawn s to use in DIY recipes. Additionally for the Southern Hemisphere, from December 15 to January 6, all existing cedar trees will be decorated with lights, and when shaken, produces, , and s for DIY projects. Rain occurs infrequently during this time in part due to festivities with Toy Day and New Years.

Events
Below is a list of events during summer, what happens during each, in which game, and when. Note that hemispheres are only accounted for in.

Nook Shopping seasonal events ()
The following is a list of events celebrated through the Nook Shopping app in.

Characters

 * Chip - A beaver who hosts the Fishing Tourney in.
 * C.J. - A beaver who hosts the Fishing Tourney in.
 * Nat - A chameleon who hosts the Bug-Off in and.
 * Flick - A chameleon who hosts the Bug-Off in.
 * Harvey - Hosts Wedding Season on Harv's Island in
 * Reese - Will award the player heart crystals during Wedding Season in
 * Cyrus - Will allow players to purchase wedding furniture using heart crystals during Wedding Season in
 * Tortimer - The Mayor who stands outside Town Hall to hand out gifts for special days or events.
 * Isabelle - Gives out items during the Summer Solstice event. She also runs the Fireworks Show on Sundays in August.
 * Jingle - A reindeer who appears on December 24th to distribute presents.

Critters
These are the fish and bugs that appear during summer.

Fish

 * Angelfish
 * Arapaima
 * Arowana
 * Barbel Steed
 * Barred Knifejaw
 * Bass (Animal Crossing only
 * Black Bass (, and  only
 * Blue Marlin ( and only
 * Bluegill
 * Brook Trout (Animal Crossing only
 * Butterflyfish ( and only
 * Carp
 * Catfish
 * Char (, and  only
 * Cherry Salmon
 * Clownfish (, and  only
 * Crawfish
 * Crucian Carp
 * Dace
 * Dorado
 * Eel
 * Freshwater Goby
 * Frog
 * Gar (, and  only
 * Giant Catfish (Animal Crossing only
 * Giant Snakehead
 * Goldfish
 * Guppy
 * Hammerhead Shark (, and  only
 * Herabuna (Doubutsu no Mori only
 * Horse Mackerel (, and  only
 * Jellyfish (Animal Crossing, and  only
 * Killifish
 * Koi
 * Large Bass (Animal Crossing only
 * Large Char (Animal Crossing only
 * Moray Eel ( and only
 * Napoleonfish ( and only
 * Neon Tetra ( and only
 * Nibble Fish ( only
 * Ocean Sunfish (, City Folk'' and only
 * Octopus ( and only
 * Olive Flounder (, and  only
 * Pale Chub
 * Piranha
 * Popeyed Goldfish
 * Puffer Fish (, and  only
 * Rainbow Trout
 * Ray ( and only
 * Red Snapper
 * Saddled Bichir ( only
 * Saw Shark ( only
 * Sea Bass
 * Seahorse (, City Folk'' and only
 * Shark (, and  only
 * Small Bass (Animal Crossing only
 * Soft-Shelled Turtle ( only
 * Squid (, and  only
 * Surgeonfish ( and only
 * Sweetfish
 * Tadpole ( only
 * Zebra Turkeyfish (, and  only

Bugs

 * Agrias Butterfly (, and  only
 * Ant
 * Atlas Beetle (, and  only
 * Banded Dragonfly
 * Bee
 * Birdwing Butterfly (, and  only
 * Brown Cicada
 * Centipede ( and only
 * Cicada Shell ( only
 * Cockroach (Animal Crossing and only
 * Coconut Crab (Doubutsu no Mori e+ only
 * Common Butterfly
 * Common Dragonfly (Animal Crossing only
 * Crab (Doubutsu no Mori e+ only
 * Cyclommatus ( and only
 * Darner Dragonfly
 * Diving Beetle ( and only
 * Drone Beetle (Animal Crossing only
 * Dynastid Beetle
 * Elephant Beetle (, and  only
 * Emperor Butterfly (, and  only
 * Evening Cicada
 * Firefly
 * Flat Stag Beetle (Animal Crossing only
 * Flea (, and  only
 * Fly
 * Fruit Beetle (, and  only
 * Giant Beetle
 * Giant Cicada ( only
 * Giant Petaltail ( and only
 * Golden Stag ( and only
 * Goliath Beetle (, and  only
 * Grasshopper
 * Hercules Beetle (, and  only
 * Hermit Crab (Doubutsu no Mori e+ and only
 * Honeybee (, and  only
 * House Centipede ( only
 * Jewel Beetle
 * Ladybug
 * Lantern Fly (, and  only
 * Long Locust
 * Longhorn Beetle
 * Mantis
 * Migratory Locust
 * Miyama Stag ( and only
 * Mosquito
 * Moth (, and  only
 * Mountain Beetle (Animal Crossing only
 * Oak Silk Moth (, and  only
 * Peacock Butterfly (, and  only
 * Pill Bug
 * Pondskater
 * Purple Butterfly (Animal Crossing only
 * Rainbow Stag (, and  only
 * Raja Brooke Butterfly ( and only
 * Rice Grasshopper ( only
 * Robust Cicada
 * Saw Stag Beetle
 * Scarab Beetle (, and  only
 * Scorpion (, and  only
 * Snail
 * Spider
 * Spotted Ladybug (Animal Crossing only
 * Stinkbug ( only
 * Tarantula (, and  only
 * Tiger Beetle ( only
 * Tiger Butterfly
 * Violin Beetle ( and only
 * Walker Cicada
 * Walking Leaf ( and only
 * Walking Stick (, and  only
 * Wharf Roach ( only
 * Yellow Butterfly