After the beginning of autumn, the weather will gradually cool, and the beginning of autumn also indicates the end of summer, but after the beginning of autumn, the heat has not decreased, which is often called the autumn tiger, so what is the meaning of the autumn tiger? When will autumn tiger begin in 2018? Let's take a look.
What day is autumn 2018
The fall of 2018 is 21:30:34 on August 7, 2018.
The beginning of autumn is the 13th solar term of the year. It comes on August 8 or 9 every year, when Beidou points to the southwest. The Yellow meridian of the sun is 135 deg;. From this day on, autumn begins. The autumn is clear and the moon is bright and the wind is clear. Since then, the temperature has gradually declined from the hottest.
What does autumn tiger mean? Why is it called autumn tiger
Autumn tiger refers to the short-term hot weather after the beginning of autumn. It usually occurs at the turn of August and September and lasts for about 7-15 days. This kind of weather is called "autumn tiger" because it is sunny and strong in the sun and hot in the summer again. People feel hot and uncomfortable.
The autumn tiger happens after the beginning of autumn in the 24 solar terms. In the short-term hot weather, it's just like a tiger. So people call this period "autumn tiger". Generally, it occurs between August and September. The time of autumn tigers varies from half a month to two months in general. Although the temperature is high, generally speaking, the air is dry and sunny, and the temperature will not be too high in the morning and evening.
Due to the decrease of water content in the air, people are prone to the symptoms of "autumn dryness". The main manifestations are dry skin, red tongue, dry hair, red and yellow urine, dry stool, dry mouth, nose and throat, chest pain, dry cough, less phlegm, blood in sputum, and even fever.
There is also a folk saying that there are twenty-four autumn tigers, which means that if there is no rain on the first day of autumn every year, the weather will be very hot in the twenty-four days after the first day of autumn, which will be called twenty-four autumn tigers; but if there is rain on the first day of autumn, that is to say, only light rain, is "autumn". An autumn rain and a cold, which also means that the weather will become more and more fresh and pleasant after autumn.