Indian summer

/ˌɪndiən ˌˈsʌmər/

Other forms: Indian summers

Indian summer is when autumn feels like summer for a little while. Indian summer is an unexpected stretch of warm weather.

People love to talk about the weather, usually to complain. One thing no one complains about is Indian summer: this occurs when it's fall, and the brisk, cooler fall weather is interrupted by summer-like weather. In Indian summer — which could last a couple days or even a couple weeks — the temperatures shoot up. When there's Indian summer, people rush to play frisbee, have picnics, and walk the dog. Indian summer is also called Saint Martin's summer.

Definitions of Indian summer

1. noun

   a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
   synonyms: Saint Martin's summer

   type of:

   period, period of time, time period

   an amount of time