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The second wave of Indian summer in Moscow in 2017 will come this coming weekend, when the capital will celebrate City Day. Forecasters from the Phobos center report that weather conditions will be even better if aviation works to disperse the clouds. 10 aircraft can take to the skies on September 9, including nine military aircraft An-12, An-26, and one Yak-42 meteorological laboratory aircraft from Roshydromet.
Their task is to destroy the clouds so that they open ahead of schedule - easier to say, so that it rains within a radius of 400-600 km from Moscow.
The atmospheric pressure will begin to increase, the probability of precipitation will be reduced to a minimum, and the clouds will thin out. At night it will be +7...+12°, on Saturday afternoon it will be +15...+20°, on Sunday – up to +19...+24°, experts predict.
But next week it will be even hot. As weather forecasters joke, the invasion of subtropical heat will begin.
The air temperature will rise rapidly, at night the degrees will not fall below +11...+16, and during the day by Wednesday, September 13, they will rise to +23...+28, which is an anomaly for the first month of autumn and corresponds to mid-summer indicators, reports the report. Center "Phobos"
And it is on September 13 that the record of 1909, when it was +27.4 degrees in Moscow, may be repeated.
Often during this period, plants that usually do this only once a year begin to bloom again. This is an incredibly beautiful time, when it seems like it’s still summer, but autumn has already spread its magnificent carpet.
Colorful leaves, bright petals, like burning precious stones. All this creates positive emotions, improves mood, people become softer, since nature itself seems to calm, incite kindness and peace.
The early period of autumn is called Indian summer by Western or Eastern Slavs. In the south it is called Gypsy, in Serbia - Mikhailov. In Croatia there is a third name - Martin's Summer. In German-speaking - old woman's, in Holland - after summer, in North America - Indian, in Italy - St. Martin, in France - St. Denis. In Portuguese-speaking - Veraniko (Letochko), in Spanish-speaking - several names that depend on the month. For example, in August-September - St. Miguel, and in October or November - St. Juan.
The very first mentions were associated with the time when elderly women, before the cold weather, could bask in the sun for the last time this year. It was then that all work in the field ended, and the village peasant women began to do other things: they soaked, ruffled and weaved flax.
In the old days, cucumbers were often salted during this period, as well as old conflicts were settled and peace was made. This period of time was considered a rural holiday. Indian summer, why was it called that: on these days, women often held gatherings, sang, spun, and when the cold came, they began to do needlework and tinker with canvases. The name of this period of time was often associated with a popular expression: “when almost everything is lost, only a woman can warm it up greatly.”
Sometimes, after the onset of cold weather, people think about the question: will there be an Indian summer this year? Of course, yes, it happens every year. When does Indian summer start? It is impossible to determine the exact number, since it may “arrive” at different times and its duration may vary.
Most often, it lasts one or two weeks, which fall in mid-September, and sometimes it can extend to the beginning of October, Itartass-sib.ru has learned. In Russia, the approximate beginning of Indian summer is September 14. In other countries, months and dates may vary. Everything depends on the climate.
If we consider the modern scientific explanation, then the question of “why Indian summer is called that” can get the following answer: this is the time when a persistent anticyclone is established, affecting the warming of the weather. During this period, the soil and air do not cool much at night, but warm up well during the day. But the heat is already a thing of the past.
Why does an anticyclone form? With the onset of cold weather, the foliage begins to wilt sharply, releasing a large amount of heat in the process. It rises, completely disperses the clouds, and contributes to an increase in atmospheric pressure. This is how an anticyclone appears.
Indian summer will begin in the European part of Russia on September 1. The period of warm weather will be short, but not the only one this fall, said Roman Vilfand, director of the Russian Hydrometeorological Center, at a press conference.
There is a time of nature's special light,
Dim sun, gentle heat...
It's called Indian summer
And in delight he argues with spring itself...
Olga Bergolts
So summer is gone, as if it never happened... It is being replaced by a special time in nature, called “Indian summer” - an amazingly soulful time filled with a transparent haze of light air, gentle warm rays of the sun, special languor, peace and a certain sadness from the approach of autumn bad weather. After all, autumn is often sad.
“Indian Summer” and why they call it that
What is “Indian summer” and why is it called that? Here's what Wikipedia tells us about this:
“Indian summer,” according to the Brockhaus and Efron dictionary, is dry, clear weather in late August and early September, when the web of a side-walking spider flies in the air. In a word, Indian summer is the last warm days of the passing summer.
According to Dahl’s dictionary, “Indian summer” (Marfino’s summer) begins on Semyon-day, or the day of Simeon the summer guide (September 14) and ends on Aspos’ day or Autumn (September 21) or on the day of the Exaltation (September 28).
Here, at Dahl’s, there is a young “Indian summer”, which takes place from August 28 (Feast of the Assumption) to September 11.
Among the Eastern Slavs this time is called “gypsy summer”, in Holland it is “after summer”, in Germany it is “summer of elderly women”, in Italy it is “summer of St. Martin”. In North America it’s “Indian summer,” but in our country it’s simply and clearly “Indian summer...”) Why is it called that?
As you can see, the timing of the beginning of Indian summer depends on the regions and time. This time does not have strict boundaries, maybe twice - a “young” Indian summer and after it wait for a “mature” one. It may be very short, not at all, or long as it promises to be in 2018. Everything is so unpredictable in our nature.
Why is it Indian summer?
Here are a few options for where the name came from:
- Since ancient times, by this time summer field work had been completed, because of which the peasant woman had not seen the red summer. New work lay ahead to process the crop and prepare for the cold winter. And like a gift from nature, these few days of warmth, a respite from hard work, like the last piece of summer...
- But here’s a very simple explanation: this is the name for the time when older women can still bask in the autumn sun. It’s not for them to warm themselves in the summer heat. 🙂
- Or maybe as some kind of last chance... for a woman, as an analogy with the approaching “autumn of life”, as a tiny opportunity to feel the warmth of the passing summer on the eve of the dull melancholy of autumn, as an alluring hope.... Well, something like this... In short, this is our summer).
How science explains Indian summer
Well, science interprets the phenomenon of warming before the autumn series of cloudy days this way: this heat in the atmosphere is formed from the release of huge amounts of heat by trees during the chemical reaction of the decomposition of chlorophyll during the period of rapid yellowing of foliage.
Why do the leaves turn yellow? Because everything in this world has its end and its beginning, and in nature this is especially acutely felt. So, when the trees begin to turn yellow, it means Indian summer has arrived.
Indian summer in 2018
So what about the Indian summer, the velvet season on the Black Sea coast?
In 2016, there was no Indian summer in central Russia or even in the southern regions; immediately at the end of August it became sharply cold everywhere, and in mid-September, instead of the usual sunny Indian summer for these days, there were rains and even frosts.
Last year, Indian summer pleased us until mid-September. Autumn was truly fabulous. September was a wonderful traditional continuation of summer, only more gentle and outwardly attractive.
Forecasters and meteorologists say that in most parts of the country September will be 1.5-2 degrees warmer than usual. And even at the end of September dry and sunny days are expected. Heavy rains are not expected, but short-term ones, of course, cannot be avoided.
Muscovites and surrounding areas will experience fabulous weather from September 17 to 23, it will be sunny, dry and warm. New temperature records are possible, which is what summer has been so generous with this year.
In Siberia and the Urals, summer most likely will not return in the usual sense; it will be cool and rainy there.
The Far East and Amur region will experience a lot of rain and stormy winds.
But on the Black Sea coast, rains in early September confused the plans of vacationers and again on September 14 they came to Kuban. The bad weather will last for three days and already at the beginning of next week it will be dry, sunny and warm. We will rejoice in the velvet season until the end of September. Maybe you won't be able to swim very well.
There will definitely be an Indian summer in Central Russia, you just need to have time not to miss these days. We will all bask in the rays of its languid sun, with light cobwebs on the crimson clusters of viburnum and rowan, wander through the fallen yellow leaves, rustling them and listening to the great mystery of the world.
In nature, everything is harmonious, natural and always on time...
There is in the initial autumn
A short but wonderful time -
The whole day is like crystal,
And the evenings are radiant...
Where the cheerful sickle walked and the ear fell,
Now everything is empty - space is everywhere,
Only a web of thin hair
Glistens on the idle furrow.
F. Tyutchev.
Do you have favorite poems about autumn or Indian summer? Add in the comments, I will be grateful. 🙂
AdvertisingCalendar autumn has arrived, but summer is in no hurry to give up its rights. After the first bad weather, people are looking forward to the return of warmth - “Indian summer”. According to centuries-old folk observations, in mid-September, summer-like warm weather sets in for a week, and sometimes even two.
Indian summer differs from year to year, both in the start date and in the duration of the period of warm and dry weather. According to weather forecasters in Europe, Indian summer in 2017 will begin on September 14 and last 2 weeks, until September 27. In Siberia and the Far East, warm, dry weather will set in at the end of September and will last until October 14.
After an abnormally cold and rainy summer, Muscovites hope to receive compensation in the form of a warm autumn. The beginning of autumn in Moscow gave Muscovites hope that there would be an Indian summer. On September 1, the sun was shining for schoolchildren, and the weekend was also conducive to walks.
People distinguished between early, or young, and old Indian summer. They have been waiting for the old Indian summer since Simeon the Stylite (September 14). According to the popular calendar, the old Indian summer lasted a week - from September 14 to 21. People believed that if the weather was warm on this day, then the winter would be warm.
Forecasters do not rule out the return of heat to Moscow in the second half of September. This was confirmed by the director of the Hydrometeorological Center Roman Vilfand. Meteorologists promise residents of the capital a completely comfortable and fairly warm September with moderate amounts of precipitation.
According to Vilfand, the amount of precipitation in the Moscow region in the first month of autumn will be around or below normal. He added that one should not expect constant warmth and sunshine. September will simply be “quite a good month” for Muscovites.
Women, having completed the summer harvest, began lighter economic activities. Everywhere they began to wet, crumple, ruffle, lay out flax to dry, and weave. Unmarried girls noted: if the thread lays evenly, the husband will be docile, if unevenly, the husband will be unfriendly. Meanwhile, mothers were thinking about brides for their sons. In the evenings they baked pies and set tables to which the girls were invited. At such girlish feasts, the guys looked for their future wives.
Indian summer opened the time for preparing vegetables and fruits for the winter. On his first day, as a rule, housewives pickled cucumbers. The men helped dig up the potatoes, while the female half of the family sorted them. For older women, Indian summer was considered the last opportunity to bask in the hot sun, now until next spring. At the same time, they called healers to them in order to improve their health before the approaching cold weather.
Indian summer was also associated with a woman’s age, when her beauty blossoms in full force before the upcoming, like autumn withering. The flying cobweb, silvering in the Indian summer sun, was compared to the first gray hair of a relatively young woman.
A week after the church new year, believers celebrated the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - September 21, according to the new style. On this day, the peasants summed up the first results of the harvest. They thanked the Lady Theotokos for him and prayed to Her for fertility for the next year. It is noteworthy that during the times of paganism at the same time, the ancient Slavs worshiped the goddesses of fertility Lada and Lele, and honored Rod with his fruitful beginning.
On the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rus', peasants certainly went to church for a festive service, where they glorified the birth of the Mother of the Savior. Then the entire settlement went to the holy springs, performing prayer services there dedicated to the Mother of God.
The image of the Ever-Virgin in the popular imagination was associated with the crystal purity of spring water. As a rule, by this time it became noticeably cooler. And the peasants, seeing off the summer, celebrated Autumn on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They said: “Autumn is the end of every summer.”
Autumn was considered by the people for the most part to be a holiday of women, a day of fertility embodied in their faces. Regardless of the vagaries of nature, peasant women celebrated autumn by the water. This is how Russian ethnographer-folklorist Ivan Petrovich Sakharov describes it: “Early in the morning, women and girls went out to the banks of rivers, lakes and ponds to meet Mother Osenina with oatmeal bread. The older woman stands with bread, and the young people around her sing songs. After this, they break the bread into pieces according to the number of people and feed it to the livestock.”
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When will Indian summer be in 2017: Indian summer differs from year to year, both in the start date and in the duration of the period of warm and dry weather. According to weather forecasters in Europe, Indian summer in 2017 will begin on September 14 and last 2 weeks, until September 27. In Siberia and the Far East, warm, dry weather will set in at the end of September and will last until October 14. In 2017, the Indian Summer weather will delight everyone who has already missed the warm summer days. After rainy, cool days, the temperature will rise to plus 15 - plus 20 degrees Celsius, heavy autumn clouds will leave the sky and we will be able to enjoy two weeks of beautiful warm weather on the eve of winter. Traditions, rituals and signs for Indian summer: Having dealt with the summer suffering, a century ago in the villages, seeing off the returning summer, they welcomed autumn. Indian holiday Indian summer, which begins on September 14 and lasts until September 27, was known among the villagers as a “Woman’s holiday.” Women, having completed the summer harvest, began lighter economic activities. Everywhere they began to wet, crumple, ruffle, lay out flax to dry, and weave. Unmarried girls noted: if the thread lays evenly, the husband will be flexible, if unevenly, the husband will be unfriendly. Meanwhile, mothers were thinking about brides for their sons. In the evenings they baked pies and set tables to which the girls were invited. At such girlish feasts, the guys looked for their future wives. Indian summer opened the time for preparing vegetables and fruits for the winter. On his first day, as a rule, housewives pickled cucumbers. The men helped dig up the potatoes, while the female half of the family sorted them. For older women, Indian summer was considered the last opportunity to bask in the hot sun, now until next spring. At the same time, they called healers to them in order to improve their health before the approaching cold weather. Indian summer was also associated with a woman’s age, when her beauty blossoms in full force before the upcoming, like autumn withering. The flying cobweb, silvering in the Indian summer sun, was compared to the first gray hair of a relatively young woman. In the old days they believed that women could influence the weather. On this basis, they believed that the return of summer in the middle of autumn was the effect of their spell. New Year: Indian Summer opened with the day of Semyon Stylite, September 14, known in the old days as the day of the Church New Year. It was noted that, as a gift for the New Year, summer warmth was restored at this time. They said: “Semyon is bringing Indian summer,” “Semyon is bringing Indian summer.” Semenov's day represented the turn of the year for the peasants, the border of the seasons, summer and autumn. Therefore, the saint was also called Semyon the Summer Conductor, who sees off the summer of nature and as a time period lasting a year. As a transitional period, New Year's Day was surrounded by its own traditions and customs. In order to leave all hardships in the past, villagers renewed the hearth's foundation on Semenov's Day - fire. Having extinguished all the fire in the house at night, in the morning it was lit with a “living” flame obtained by rubbing two planks. In some areas, a village healer brought a new fire, charmed for well-being and health, to the family. On Semyonov Day the boys were put on horses for the first time. The godfather performed the so-called tonsure of his godson, or “mounting a horse.” Housewarming parties were celebrated in the villages to coincide with Semyon the Flyer. They said: “This is a housewarming day - there will be happiness and fun in the new house.” From Semyonov's day, sit-downs, or sup-stands, began - evening work by fire. The girls gathered in a pre-agreed hut and began handicrafts while singing. Sometimes guys came to sit-ins to chat with the girls and watch them at work. But they weren’t just looking for brides for work. The guys secretly went to spy on the funeral of flies, fleas and cockroaches - another custom of Semenov's day. The girls collected flies, fleas, cockroaches, ants and other pests and held a mock funeral for them. Accompanied by songs and feigned crying, insects were buried in small coffins made of cabbage stalks, rutabaga, beets or carrots. They believed that after this the pests would disappear from the house for a year. Autumn: A week after the church new year, believers celebrated the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - September 21, according to the new style. On this day, the peasants summed up the first results of the harvest. They thanked the Lady Theotokos for him and prayed to Her for fertility for the next year. It is noteworthy that during the times of paganism at the same time, the ancient Slavs worshiped the goddesses of fertility Lada and Lele, and honored Rod with his fruitful beginning. On the day of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Rus', peasants certainly went to church for a festive service, where they glorified the birth of the Mother of the Savior. Then the entire settlement went to the holy springs, performing prayer services there dedicated to the Mother of God. The image of the Ever-Virgin in the popular imagination was associated with the crystal purity of spring water. As a rule, by this time it became noticeably cooler. And the peasants, seeing off the summer, celebrated Autumn on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. They said: “Autumn is the end of every summer.” Autumn was considered by the people for the most part to be a holiday of women, a day of fertility embodied in their faces. Regardless of the vagaries of nature, peasant women celebrated autumn by the water. This is how Russian ethnographer-folklorist Ivan Petrovich Sakharov describes it: “Early in the morning, women and girls went out to the banks of rivers, lakes and ponds to meet Mother Osenina with oatmeal bread. The older woman stands with bread, and the young people around her sing songs. After this, they break the bread into pieces according to the number of people and feed it to the livestock.” Having greeted autumn according to all the rules, the peasants burned their old clothes and shoes to protect themselves from the evil eye. To ward off damage from children, mothers doused them with water at the threshold of the hut. Indian summer is a holiday of nature and people, lasting a week or two. In the evenings, after housework, the villagers gathered at a common table. It was the so-called bratchina - a feast organized by sharing. The tables were adorned with the gifts of summer: apples, fruits and fresh vegetables, especially turnips and cabbage, sunflowers, rowan kvass and liqueurs. Beer brewed by the entire village was always on display. And, of course, we couldn’t do without pies and the main symbol of the harvest - a large loaf. At a large table, the peasants congratulated each other on the end of the harvest, the harvest and the remaining warm days. People tried with all their might to catch the last moments of the passing summer. As long as the weather allowed, the youth started round dances in the fresh air and started outdoor games. In more recent times, at the center of a village festival was an accordion player, setting the tone for the general fun. Round dances were held, songs were sung, the whole village reunited in collective folk dances. Each person wanted to absorb the warmth of the passing summer, stock up on a summer mood for the upcoming long period of bad weather and cold weather.
Summer flew by almost unnoticed; many did not even have time to fully enjoy the good weather and outdoor recreation. Autumn has already arrived, but despite this, you will still have the opportunity to catch up. There will definitely be an Indian summer in 2017, and perhaps, according to weather forecasters, it has already begun.
Indian summer in Ukraine 2017
Forecasters promise that autumn 2017 in Ukraine will be quite warm and there will be little rain. Although, despite this, the first frosts are possible at the end of October. But after them, in November, warm weather is promised again.
Thus, the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center promises average autumn weather in Ukraine in the region of 15-20 degrees. And in mountainous areas - 13-15.
As for the Dodges, there will not be much precipitation in Ukraine; weather forecasters say that the most rain will be in September, and in October and November there will be much less precipitation.
If you believe the national weather forecaster, the Indian summer in Ukraine 2017 will begin in mid-September. But the warm and dry weather will last until the 17th. After this, it will gradually decline.
Weather sites also agree with the popular forecast: there will be no heat in September, and the average monthly temperature in all areas will not rise above +22 degrees.
And the warmest weather in autumn is expected in the south of Ukraine: about 22 degrees during the day and 15 at night.
Indian summer 2017: until when
If you believe the weather forecasters, it will be relatively warm until September 15, after which the first frosts are possible. And the average temperature in these days will be approximately 5 degrees Celsius. But this will not last long; by the 20th of October the temperature should warm up, and it will be within 10-15 degrees.
It is also worth noting that already in November it will be quite cold, and heavy rains will begin at the beginning of the month.