As I wrote earlier this week, certain criteria have to be met for an autumn warm spell to qualify as Indian summer.
First, there has to be an overnight freeze.
Check – Wichita had two straight nights of below-freezing temperatures earlier this week, including a hard freeze dipping into the mid-20s.
Second, the temperature has to top 70, for one or more days.
Check – the mercury is expected to top 70 every day through Monday.
Third, some definitions insist the temp much touch or top 70 for a full week before it’s really an Indian summer.
Hold the pencil on that one; while there should be a handful of 70s by the time a cool front arrives early next week, it may not be a full 7 days of 70s.
Not that it matters much – savor those 70s while you can. We’ll be missing them soon enough.