indian summer

[Acornhead]

why do people say its an indian summer at this time of year?

[Zen]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_summer

All is explained here.

[Peter Pedant]

Yeah the thing to remember is that is refers to the American Indian

whereas all we Brits think itrefers to the glorious days of the British Raj, etc etc

[mike b]

You can tell when you're having an Indian Summer because in the morning you get Apache fog...