>Do you have a special expression for this period in Hawaii?
No such expression in Hawai`i that I am aware of, Monika. We have only two 
true "seasons" here, wet and dry, and there have been periods of an entire 
year when neither really applies.
The weather in Hawai`i can vary even from neighborhood to neighborhood on one 
particular island. Certain districts are notorious for very dry heat and dry 
climates; others closer to the mountain slopes are always humid and rainy. We 
often can see rain falling on only one side of a street for more than ten 
minutes at a time.
In Honolulu, most often the rains falls in the early morning hours when the 
clouds finally move over the Ko`olau mountains and a fine mist wll actually 
become rain. By daybreak, it's pretty much gone, but itleaves the streets a 
bit slippery until the sun finally
takes care of it, usually within a half hour or so.
While this same pattern repeating over time immemorial may seem
boring to you who are used to defined seasons, from my view, since it really 
is all I have ever known, it becomes familiar and
comforting. When the temperature drops to maybe 16 degrees C (61
degrees F), we react as if we were freezing, since it doesn't happen often.
The record cold temperature in Honolul is 53 degrees F (12 degrees C) (many 
years ago), and the record high has never yet hit 100 degrees, which happens 
regularly on the Mainland.
No Indian summer here.
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