What are the best and worst months/seasons for a wedding?

I served as a church pastor in the early 2000’s and it seemed everyone I married wanted their weddings in the middle of June.

I lived in north Alabama and west Tennessee at the time(s) and I remember how impossible it was to cool down the churches and halls where the weddings took place. There was humidity and sweat even in somewhat air conditioned rooms. The heat and light were unbearable.

I always thought the best time would be late Winter or early Spring—things are spare and pure and cool—and sunlight is returning to a recently winter-dark world. Flowers are natural but still rare enough to stand out. Where I live, this would be February or early March. Everything, especially the low but intense sunlight, is beautiful and pensive, and we are approaching Spring.

Winter weddings, like in the song Winter Wonderland, are special, too—things are cold and dark and a Wedding hall can really look festive around Christmas and in the season directly after.

Most people like April and May because Springtime has arrived in full and there are plenty of flowers and their fragrances—things that happen only once a year—and the season somehow seems clean and more sensual, like young love.

Fall is good snuggling weather, when you can first have a fire and dark nights, but I’ve never experienced a wedding in the fall.

Any thoughts?