

Given above criteria, this weather phenomenon does not occur every year and it occurs more than once some years. We rather enjoy this description written by Sandy Griswold for the Omaha Sunday World-Herald in November 1922:

Here are several criteria for this weather phenomenon, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. In England, Shakespeare used the expression “All Halloween Summer.” Other old terms include the unfortunate “Old Wives’ Summer” and, poetically, “Halcyon Days.” Definition of Indian Summer, Second Summer Another popular term used by the American Meteorological Society is “ Second Summer,” which is indeed appropriately descriptive. Martin’s Day-November 11-which is the official start of these unusually late warm spells. The weather phenomenon is probably best described using the term that Europeans and British still use: St.

“Indian Summer” is not the best terminology, given the history of the term “Indian” in North America. For over two centuries, The Old Farmer’s Almanac has gone by the adage: “If All Saints’ (November 1) brings out winter, St.
