during vs in and grammar uses [closed]
Solution 1:
You can use either, but you probably never mean “during June / December” when referring to very specific weather, so you probably should not use during.
For example, these having different meanings:
San Francisco is often foggy and overcast in June, but not in December.
San Francisco is often foggy and overcast during June, but not during December.
(1) means that in San Francisco, every year, there are many days in June that are foggy and overcast. (2) means that in San Francisco, there are many years that it is foggy and overcast for the entire month of June.
The meaning of (2) is not impossible, but it is rarely what we want to say, because it is rarely accurate. Therefore you can say it, but rarely will you want to.
Meanwhile, saying it is cold during winter is often accurate, as is saying that it is cold in winter, so both are commonly used.
Similarly, you can say that you stayed at a friend’s house during June, or you can say you stayed in June: the different words suggest different lengths of stay, but both suggest something reasonable.