equinoctial storm
Americannoun
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A heavy equinoctial storm had raged for two days before, and it would have been no surprise had the incomplete works suffered.
From Two Years in Oregon by Wallis Nash
The light-house had been severely tested in the late equinoctial storm, and was considered secure.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
Finally September came, and with it the equinoctial storm.
From Romance of California Life by John Habberton
In fact, none worthy of note had fallen for two months, except what came during the late equinoctial storm.
From Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick by Mrs. William T. Savage
And on awakening, after all the nocturnal noise of the equinoctial storm, of the rain, of the groaning branches, twisted and broken, he perceived that a grand silence had come.
From Ramuntcho by Pierre Loti
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