equinoctial storm

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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

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 Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

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 Bayard Taylor

The equinoctial storm has commenced, and the monitors are not in view of Charleston, having sought quiet waters.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones

"Then there will be more need of going," said Jonas; "for if the equinoctial storm comes on before the roof is strengthened, it may get carried away."

From Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] by Jacob Abbott

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