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I found this interesting about Indian Summer because Larry just said we haven't had those times with lots of fog. Guess what that is a sign of Indian Summer. Also the time is from Nov 11 to Nov 20. So let us hope here in Northern Iowa we will get the true Indian Summer. Like I have said before, we are 25 degrees below the average so sometime this month we need to be 25 degrees above average.
In the fall, it seems that almost any warm day is referred to by most people as “Indian summer.” And while their error is certainly not of the world-shaking variety, they are, for the most part, mistaken.
What Is an Indian Summer?
Here are the criteria for a true 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 also must occur between St. Martin’s Day (November 11) and November 20. For over 200 years, The Old Farmer’s Almanac has adhered to the saying, “If All Saints’ (November 1) brings out winter, St. Martin’s brings out Indian summer.”
Why is it Called an Indian Summer?
Why is Indian summer called Indian summer? There are many theories. Some say it comes from the early Algonquian Native Americans, who believed that the condition was caused by a warm wind sent from the court of their southwestern god, Cautantowwit.
The most probable origin of the term, in our view, goes back to the very early settlers in New England. Each year they would welcome the arrival of a cold wintry weather in late October when they could leave their stockades unarmed. But then came a time when it would suddenly turn warm again, and the Native Americans would decide to have one more go at the settlers. “Indian summer,” the settlers called it.
Source: The 1985 Old Farmer's Almanac
taken from https://www.almanac.com/content/indian-summer-what-why-and-when
till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky's Greenhouse Dougherty Iowa beckmall@netins.net
In the fall, it seems that almost any warm day is referred to by most people as “Indian summer.” And while their error is certainly not of the world-shaking variety, they are, for the most part, mistaken.
What Is an Indian Summer?
Here are the criteria for a true 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 also must occur between St. Martin’s Day (November 11) and November 20. For over 200 years, The Old Farmer’s Almanac has adhered to the saying, “If All Saints’ (November 1) brings out winter, St. Martin’s brings out Indian summer.”
Why is it Called an Indian Summer?
Why is Indian summer called Indian summer? There are many theories. Some say it comes from the early Algonquian Native Americans, who believed that the condition was caused by a warm wind sent from the court of their southwestern god, Cautantowwit.
The most probable origin of the term, in our view, goes back to the very early settlers in New England. Each year they would welcome the arrival of a cold wintry weather in late October when they could leave their stockades unarmed. But then came a time when it would suddenly turn warm again, and the Native Americans would decide to have one more go at the settlers. “Indian summer,” the settlers called it.
Source: The 1985 Old Farmer's Almanac
taken from https://www.almanac.com/content/indian-summer-what-why-and-when
till next time this is Becky Litterer, Becky's Greenhouse Dougherty Iowa beckmall@netins.net
