Rain falls only in winter (December January in North Africa, June–July in Southern Africa), although in some localities it may fall in autumn (September in North Africa, April in Southern Africa).
The scales on ripe fir cones may fall off in the autumn and leave a center stem still attached to the branch.
THE calendar may say autumn, but summer lingers at produce stands.
And a quarter-century later, a transcendent autumn may finally be eclipsed by another.
Their autumn may look much like ours, with its changing leaves, but it feels entirely different.
The events of that troubled autumn may sound eerily current, but they took place 100 years ago.
The clothes on the catwalks may be for autumn, but the clothes-horses in the audience are looking to spring.
Given the uncertainty surrounding a potential Obama administration, this autumn may be Israel's last and best chance to go after Iran's nuclear capability.
Temperature and weather conditions also have an influence a sudden period of cold weather during autumn may induce the immediate departure of many migrants.
Somewhere in Uxbridge, Boris Johnson groaned in disappointment: his ambition to be the leader of the Conservative party by the autumn may have to be put on hold.
PARENTS of Connecticut college underclassmen looking forward to the various parents weekends this autumn may have an urgent question for the administration when they arrive on campus: Will tuition and fees keep surging?
