Autumn is September, October and November for sure in England. Autumn term begins on the 5th of September. More often than not though weatherwise it is brighter first week of September than throughout August. We tend to get a stunning week in May, a good five days in July and then for two weeks September is cooler and gloriously sunny. The rest of the time it rains, it is just warmer rain in the summertime. Well, in Manchester anyway, but then it always rains in Manchester so it's probably not representative. Whatever the weather however ( that rolls off the tongue), it is always Autumn in September when the harvest moon hangs low in the sky.