Can you believe the warm weather these last few days? Having temperatures in the mid and upper 70s in the middle of October in central New York is a bonus. But is it officially 'Indian Summer'?

Here is what makes an "Indian Summer", according to "The Old Farmer's Almanac 2015":

"Here are criteria for an Indian summer:

As well as being warm, the atmosphere during Indian summer is hazy or smoky, there is no wind, the barometer is standing high, and the nights are clear and chilly.

A moving, cool, shallow polar air mass is converting into a deep, warm, stagnant anticyclone (high pressure) system, which has the effect of causing the haze and large swing in temperature between day and night.

The time of occurrence is important: The warm days must follow a spell of cold weather or a good hard frost.

The conditions described above must occur between St. Martin's Day (November 11) and November 20."

So, according to this, a true Indian Summer doesn't occur until mid November, so I guess we've just had some warm weather in October. We'll take it, no matter what they call it.

 

 

 

 

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