Martini summer

This article covers the weather situation. For the play of the same name by Toni Bernhart, see Martinisommer .

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The Martini summer or Martin summer is one of the meteorological singularities . Martini summer is a popular term in Switzerland and southern Germany for a typical period of good weather towards the end of the first decade of November with stable high pressure situations that make a November harvest possible in the corresponding years in the wine-growing regions . For generations, Swiss meteorologists have been using this expression, which originated in the Middle Ages of the Christian West, in their weather forecasts. In the meantime, the term Martini Summer is used throughout the German-speaking area. Martini summer is often confused with Indian summer . The latter, however, affects the late beautiful summer days in September.

According to legend, this weather phenomenon first occurred when St. Martin died in Tours, France . The bishop died unexpectedly during a visit to the monastery he founded. During the transport of the corpse on the Loire to the city, the supposed miracle of a rapid thermal break occurred, so that the banks turned green and fruit trees began to bloom.

An old farmer's rule says "if All Saints' Day (November 1st) brings a winter, Martini (November 11th) brings a summer" and the vernacular means "St. Martin's summer doesn't last long ”.

In 2006 there was a slightly belated Martini summer that started around November 14th and lasted until almost the end of the month. On November 15 and 16, high temperature records for this period were broken in large parts of Germany.

Martini summer is therefore a time with a few warm days just before the dark winter time - another last blooming of nature just before it falls into deep hibernation; figuratively a merciful time. On Martin's Day, the summer is slaughtered with the Martinigans. The custom of solemnly slaughtering animals and raising them to a feast is related to the fact that people used to believe in the spirits of vegetation, imagining them as animals, as a rooster , pig or goose , a grain and earth spirit that passed away just like that Summer. With the martini fire (also called Martin's fire) the summer is finally burned down.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 13. Leipzig 1908, p. 371. Retrieved on November 10, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Martin's summer and weather in November. In: Wissenswertes.at. Retrieved November 10, 2015 .