We’ve had a very
hot September where I live. I think it hit 90 degrees almost every
day. Yesterday I saw an all-black woolly worm.
That got me to thinking. Who do
you put your belief in – the weatherman or nature’s weather predictors?
There are weather
predictors and weather folklore. Here are a few I have come across from the internet and from
friends and relatives.
Of course, there is the wooly
worm. The larger the light brown band, the milder the winter.
“Red sky at night, sailor’s
delight. Red sky in morning, sailor take warning.”
Frogs – They say frogs croak
louder and longer when bad weather is on the horizon.
Cattle – They say when cows begin
to swat flies and lie down in the fields, a storm is coming.
“Wind from the south brings rain in its mouth”
Crickets – If you count the number of times a cricket chirps
in 14 seconds, add 40 and you will get an estimate of the air temperature.
Pine Cones – When air is dry, pine cones
open up and their scales stand out to allow their seeds to be picked up and
blown by the wind. (When I craft with pine cones, I always heat them in a low temp oven – in addition to killing bugs,
it opens up the pine cone)
Bees – if you don’t see many bees
around, a rain is coming. They sense the humidity in the air and stay home.
Fish – Fish tend to be more
active before a storm.
“When ladybugs swarm, expect a day
that’s warm.”
A hazy ring around the sun or moon
in summer is a sign that the weather pattern
is in for a change – usually bringing rain.
“Clear moon, frost soon.” (Yep, I agree with this one. A clear, windless spring night, usually means we will have a frost.)
Moon – When the moon’s perigee
and the full moon occur on the same day, watch for terrible storms.
Fogs – For every fog in August
there will be a snowfall in winter. (We had a lot of fogs in August)
A green Christmas, a white
Easter.
Squirrels - A tough winter is
ahead if a squirrel’s tail is bushy.
Have you heard of these?
Do you have some of your own to add to the list?
