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This article is about the weather-related phrase. For other uses, see Dog Days (disambiguation). The expression dog days refers to the hot, sultry days of summer, originally in areas around the Mediterranean Sea, and as the expression fit, to other areas, especially in the Northern Hemisphere.
Sirius in history Today, Sirius is nicknamed the Dog Star because it is part of the constellation Canis Major â Latin for the greater dog. The expression dog days refers to the period from July 3 through Aug. 11 when Sirius rises in conjunction with the sun.