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Weather Sayings: Predicting the Weather with Proverbs
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Predict the weather with our collection of weather proverbs and folklore about rain and clouds. Which is yourfavorite?
Weather Proverbs: Rain andClouds
- Unusual clearness in the atmosphere, with distant objects seen distinctly, indicatesrain.
- Red sky at night, sailor’s delight. Red sky at morning, sailor takewarning.
- Evening red and morning gray are sure signs of a fine day. Evening gray and morning red, put on your hat or you’ll wet yourhead.
- If it rains before seven, it will clear beforeeleven.
- Rain from the south prevents the drought, but rain from the west is alwaysbest.
- Anvil-shaped clouds bring on agale.
- A cloud with a round top and flat base carries rainfall on itsface.
- When small clouds join and thicken, expectrain.
- Black clouds in the north in winter indicates approachingsnow.
- When there is enough blue sky to patch a Dutchman’s breeches, expect clearingweather
- A curdly sky will not leave the earth longdry.
- If you see clouds going crosswind, there is a storm in theair.
- Hen scarts and filly tails make lofty ships wear lowsails.
- Clouds floating low enough to cast shadows on the ground are usually followed byrain.
- Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never longdry.
- If three nights dewless there be,‘twill rain, you’re sure tosee.
- If a heavy dew soon dries, expect fine weather; if it lingers on the grass, expect rain in 24hours.
- With dew before midnight, the next day sure will bebright.
- If you wet your feet with dew in the morning, you may keep them dry for the rest of theday.
Did we miss any? Share your favorite weather lore!
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Catherine Boeckmann loves nature, stargazing, and gardening so it’s not surprising that she and The Old Farmer’s Almanac found each other. She leads digital content for the Almanac website, and is also a certified master gardener in the state of Indiana. Read More from Catherine Boeckmann
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What's a sun dog?
You can learn all about sundogs! They are rainbows beside thesun.
Not exactly folklore, but when seagulls circled in a big mass around our schoolyard (which was about 10 miles inland), we knew there was a storm coming.
Rain in may will fill the barn with corn and hay
I may have this wrong....my sister remembers rain on Palm Sunday, Rain on Easter Sunday?
My memory is Good Friday, sun .......Easter Sunday, rain or vice versa. Rain on Good Friday, sun on Easter Sunday
The locals used to say - cold, wet May, barn full of hay.
when you see vapor trails in the sky, rain is close by (usually within 3 days)
My father always said "If the snow stays on the ground 3 days, there will be more," and it seems generally true here in the South.
When all of the cows in a field are headed in the same direction, it will soon rain.
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