Well, they are officially here...the "dog days" of summer. Ever wonder where that saying came from? Most people know the meaning of the term: the hottest and most humid days of summer, usually much of July and August.

But not everyone knows the origin: In ancient Roman times people who studied astronomy knew that Sirius, the Dog Star, rose and set with the sun during the hottest weeks of the year, July through mid-August. They thought that the heat from the Dog Star combined with the heat from the sun to make those weeks extra hot. That's why these often uncomfortably hot weeks are known as the "dog days" os summer.

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