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"It was the end of March, an unusually warm and beautiful day in early spring; though all the days now seemed lovely and warm, bathed as they were in the vernal glow of a dying century."
The Glimmering by Elizabeth Hand
According to Wikipedia, fall came about later, probably due to "fall of the leaves". Vernal is Latin, and I'm not sure at what point "spring" took over.
Well, there is the word estival. And probably something like hibernal as well.
Why vernal and autumnal, but wintry and summery?