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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Example Sentences

After a week of equinoctial storm in the end of September, the weather settled into exquisite repose.

From The Quest of the Simple Life by Dawson, William J.

There were threats of the equinoctial storm, and we remembered the prediction of the lumber merchants in Carlstad.

From Northern Travel Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Taylor, Bayard

Here it rings again.–But his hurricane of resolve soon gave place to gentler deeds and hours, just as the equinoctial storm of autumn dissolved into still after-summer days.

From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography by Jean Paul

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

September 18.—During the night and this morning it has continued to blow a perfect equinoctial storm.

From Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales by Oxley, John