equinoctial storm

American  

noun

1. a storm of violent winds and rain occurring at or near the time of an equinox and popularly, but erroneously, believed to be physically associated with it.

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equinoctial storm

Lee Murdock said he guessed the equinoctial storm had come, and that if it had there’d be no practice for a couple of days.

From The Turner Twins by Barbour, Ralph Henry

I can number every equinoctial storm, in which the sea has overwhelmed the street, flooded the cellars of the village, and hissed upon our kitchen hearth.

From The Village Uncle (From "Twice Told Tales") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel

The feeling of the air is like that during the September equinoctial storm.

From The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Harper, Ida Husted

The sea captain fears a fog more than an equinoctial storm.

From The Battle of Principles A Study of the Heroism and Eloquence of the Anti-Slavery Conflict by Hillis, Newell Dwight

Finally September came, and with it the equinoctial storm.

From Romance of California Life by Habberton, John