# indian summer **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 27, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer/84016 "2001-09-27T00:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dennishaneda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@dennishaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dennishaneda)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer/84016/1 "2001-09-27T00:40:49Z")
what is an indian summer and what is the origin of the term? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ScottHaneda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@ScottHaneda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ScottHaneda)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer/84016/2 "2001-09-27T00:45:47Z")
🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer/84016/3 "2001-09-27T00:55:11Z")
Try this thread. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85989](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85989) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/indian-summer/84016/4 "2001-09-27T02:48:06Z")
Since this has been discussed so recently, I’ll close this thread and direct any remaining unanswered questions to the earlier thread, linked to above. bibliophage moderator GQ