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

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 Savage, Mrs. William T.

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

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

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

It was the end of September, and the delayed equinoctial storm would soon ravage the coast.

From Joscelyn Cheshire A Story of Revolutionary Days in the Carolinas by Kennedy, Sara Beaumont