What is Indian summer?
[[File:IndianSummer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|Indian summer}}]] '''Indian summer''' is a period of unusually warm and dry [[weather]]. It happens in [[autumn]] in the [[Northern Hemisphere]]. The [[United States]] [[National Weather Service]] describes Indian summer as weather conditions which are sunny and clear with higher than usual temperatures. That occurs between late September and the middle of November.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian Summer|publisher=The National Weather Service|url=http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/stories/i-summer.php|access-date=Oct 20, 2015|archive-date=October 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009005228/http://www.crh.noaa.gov/dtx/stories/i-summer.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is not known where the [[term]] came from.<ref name=bbc>{{cite news|title=Hints of an Indian Summer|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23952634|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> It may have come from regions inhabited by [[Native American]]s (who used to be called Indians), or because the Native Americans first described it to [[Europe]]ans.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indian summer|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Indian+summer|website=Online Etymology Dictionary|access-date=19 September 2015}}</ref> It also may have been based on the warm and hazy conditions in autumn when Native Americans [[hunt]]ed.<ref name=bbc/> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons cat-inline}} {{weather-stub}} [[Category:Seasons]]