Tuesday 20 October 2015

Weather

It’s lovely. The sun is shining, everything is mellow and warm – the most beautiful day, here on the south coast of England.

This is what’s known as St Luke’s Little Summer – around four days of warmth following October 18th, which is St Luke’s day.

But we should not let it lull us into a false sense of security. Oh, no. Sou’-westers at the ready.

Because October 28th is St Jude’s day, bringing the wildness an weather of the St Jude’s day storms.


So, if you have any essential outdoors work to do, see to it quick. The window is closing. St Jude’s day heralds the beginning of the winter.


7 comments:

Angie K said...

That's brilliant! I had no idea such a thing existed. It's a lovely day here in Kent as well. It'll be interesting to see if St Jude's day lives up to its reputation! X ☺

Pen Wilcock said...

:0) xx

Pilgrim said...

We call it Indian summer, here.

Pilgrim said...

Oh, I see Indian summer comes in November....

Pen Wilcock said...

In England, we say it is an 'Indian summer' when we have a period of time during the autumn - can be September, October, November - when the weather is soft and mellow and as warm as summer, but without the heat and glare of high summer. A while when it's warm enough for summer dresses and no cardigan, later than we would expect. It's not a definite period of time, nor is its occurrence certain.
St Luke's Little Summer is something different - very specific, very short.

xx

Pilgrim said...

That's very interesting, that you have Indian summer over there. We also use it as you do, colloquially. When I googled it, it had specific parameters, Nov. 11-20. I prefer our colloquial.
Will check Steven Roud's English Year for St. Luke's Little Summer.

Pen Wilcock said...

Oh - how interesting. I never realised Indian Summer could be something so specific.
We get our weather info from this man and his website - http://www.weatherwithouttechnology.co.uk/aboutme.html xx