I don’t see the point either, but some people have that all-or-nothing thinking. Hopefully for me, there aren’t many who will sit it out because of that.
Go back and reread what I bolded. How are you objectively quantifying:
in most years the true summery stretch with very dry/warm weather isn't kicking is much earlier or staying much later than historically normal.
That clearly reads as an opinion unbounded by any objective metrics.