Saint Luke's summer


nounusually abbreviated to: St Luke's summer
  1. a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn

Origin of Saint Luke's summer

1
referring to St Luke's feast-day, Oct 7 in the pre-Gregorian calendar (now Oct 18)

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