October has been on quite the sunny and warm kick. Four of the first six days in the 70s, with a 75 and record-tying 78 on the board already when average highs are in the mid 60s. None of the days the first week have been considered officially "cloudy" and there's been nary a drop in the rain bucket.
For many, these nice stretches in the early stages of autumn are colloquially known as an "Indian Summer." But is there any sort of official definition to make it qualify?
Their definition of Indian summer is a period of at least 70 degree weather for 7 days or more after the autumnal equinox.
Our current streak is four days through Monday and touching 70 is a possibility the next three days.
If you're wondering how it got the term "Indian Summer", there doesn't seem to be a consensus over its origin. The Farmer's Almanac presents two possibilities: One: Early American settlers mistook the sight of sunrays through the autumn haze as Native American campfires -- not sure I buy that one. The second is that Native Americans recognized the pattern as time to gather for winter.
http://www.komonews.com/weather/blogs/scott/Is-the-recent-sunny-and-warm-stretch-an-Indian-Summer-278417211.html
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