“A season that only exists in North America / They call it Indian summer thereAnd if the best definition of “Indian summer” was given to us by Joe Dassin’s song. The expression, which appeared in Pennsylvania in the early 19th century, fell into the “Indian summer” by French-speaking Canadians, and has had a poor recovery over time. It has caused an important uncertainty in popular thought, being wrongly used to produce a period of mild weather in early autumn. In fact, Indian summer defines a meteorological phenomenon specific to North America, i.e. Canada and USA.
Ask a Quebecer where to see, where to experience the Indian summer, and he will probably tell you that it hasn’t happened this year yet, and it might not happen. This is a period of warm weather that occurs only after the first autumn frost. To speak of an Indian summer therefore requires a period of frost followed by exceptionally hot weather with temperatures 4 to 6 degrees above normal. Sometimes it happens in October, November, or it just doesn’t happen.
color season
As Radio Canada reminds us, we’re talking about an Indian summer when the following weather elements come together for at least three consecutive days:Sunny weather, very little precipitation (less than 5 mm per day), daytime temperatures 5°C above normal (while overnight they may be close to normal), little or no morning fog, light wind.»
Indian summer is different from the color season. If it happens by chance, the color season happens every year, usually from mid-September to mid-October in eastern Canada and especially in Quebec. Bright yellows, bright oranges, fiery reds… The trees then put on their autumnal splendor, with most taking on yellowish hues while the maple leaves turn purple.
Source: Le Figaro
