Horses run fast before a violent storm or before
windy conditions.
Pigs gather leaves and straw before a storm.
Flowers close up before a storm.
If the bull leads the cows to pasture, expect
rain; if
the cows precede the bull, the weather will be uncertain.
Expect rain and maybe severe weather when dogs
eat grass.
(This almost always happens before we have a major oubreak of tornadoes)
Wolves always howl more before a storm.
When the rooster goes crowing to bed, he will
rise with a watery head.
Ants are busy, gnats bite, crickets sing louder
then usual
spiders come down from their webs, and flies gather in
houses just before rain and possible severe storms.
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 your head.
When small clouds join and thickne, expect rain.
Dandelion blossoms close before a storm.
If autumn leaves are slow to fall, prepare for a
cold winter..
When the leaves of trees turn over, it foretells
windy
conditions and possible severe weather
Redbirds or Blubirds chatter when it's going to
rain
Birds on a telephone wire indicate the coming of
rain.
Before a storm, cows will lie down and refuse to
go out to pasture.
When spiders weave their webs by Noon, fine
weather is coming soon.
If wasps build their nests high, the winter will be long and harsh.
When it is evening you say, "It will be
fair, for the sky is red." And in the morning,
"It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening."
It will be a cold, snowy winter if:
-Squirrels accumulate huge stores of nuts.
-Beavers build heavier lodges than usual.
-Hair on bears and horses is thick early in
season.
-the breastbone of a fresh-Cooked turkey is dark
purple.
A severe summer denotes a windy autumn;
A windy winter a rainy spring;
A rainy spring a severe summer;
A severe summer a windy autumn;
A month that comes in good, goes out bad.
A warm christmas,
A Cold Easter.
The sky turns green in a storm when there is
hail.
A veering wind will clear the sky,
A backing wind says storms are nigh.
When you look out your window and see your Dogs
jumping around and
ducking Its a sign that its hailing.
When dogs in your house start looking paranoid
scitso frenique
expect very heavy sleet for 5 hours.
Warm summer means a cold winter, a dry spring
means ample summer rainfall;
a windy autumn is followed by a mild winter.
The first frost in autumn will be exactly six
months after the first thunderstorm
of the spring.
Using Woolly Bears to predict the winter
season...
Folklore says that if the brown stripe is wider than the black stripes, the winter will be
long and
harsh.
Tips for forecasting.
Get a rock from somewhere, and place it somewhere
like in your yard or something!
Thats all you have to do, and your ready for forecasting!!!!!
If you dont want to use a rock, you can use a horse, works just as well!!!
If it's dry ------Weather's Clear
If it's wet -----It's Raining
If its white ---It's Snowing
If it's gone ---Tornado
Short RangeWeather Folklors
If the goose honks high, fair weather;
If the goose honks low, foul weather.
The low flight of rooks indicates rain.
Birds flying low, Expect rain and a blow
If the lark flies high, Expect fair weather.
When swallows fleet soar high and sport in the
air, He told us that the welkin would be clear.
Wild geese fly high in pleasant weather And fly
low in bad weather.
Everything is lovely when the goose honks high.
If the rooster crows on going to bed, you may
rise with a watery head.
If the raven crows, expect rain.
When geese cackle, it will rain.
When ducks quack loudly, it's a sign of rain.
The hooting of the owl brings rain.
If the sparrow makes a lot of noise, rain will
follow.
When parrots whistle, expect rain.
Fish bite best before a rain.
When fish break water and bite eagerly, expect
rain.
When porpoises sport and play, there will be a storm.
Trout jump high When a rain is nigh.
The crab his briny home forsakes, And srives on
land to a roam.
Bubbles over calm beds of water means rain is
coming.
Marshes give off an eerie light before a rain.
Wells give murky water before a storm.
Look for foam on the river before a rain.
When bubbles are rising on the surface of coffee
and they hold together, good weather is coming; If the bubbles break up, weather you don't
need is coming.
Underground miners can smell rain coming.
When ditches and ponds Offend the nose, Look for
rain And stormy blows.
When boiling water more rapidly vanishes, expect
rain.
If pavements appear rusty, rain will follow.
When the glass falls low, Prepare for a blow;
When the glass is high, Let your kites fly.
In the winter, a heavy snow is predicted if the
barometer falls and the temperature rises.
When the wind backls, and the weather galss
falls, Then be on your guard against rain and squalls.
If cirrus clouds form in weather with a falling
barometer, it is almost sure to rain.
A summer thunderstorm that does not depress the
barometer will be very local and of little consequence.
Spings start to flow just before a rain.
Sap from the maple tree flows faster before a
rain shower.
Water rising in springs and wells indicates rain.
Many springs that have gone dry will have a good
flow of water before rain.
Wells gurgle and yield muddy water before a
storm.
Soot falls down before a rain.
If burning coals stick to the bottom of a pot, it
is the sign of a tempest.
Fires burning paler than ushual and murmuring
within are significant of storms.
Burning wood pops more before rain and snow.
Cockroaches are more active before a storm.
Locusts sing when the air is hot and dry.
Ants are very busy, gnats bite; Crickets are
lively, spiders leave their nest; And flies gather in houses before a rain.
Open crocus, warm weather; Closed crocus, cold
weather.
Tulips open their blossoms when the temperature
rises, they close again when the temperature falls.
The daisy shuts it's eye before rain.
If the marigold should open at six or seven in
the morning and not close until four in the afternoon, we may reckon on settled weather.
When pipes smell stronger, it's going to rain.
If the perfume of flowers is unusually
preceptible, Expect rain.
Flowers smell best just before a rain.
When ditches and ponds offend the nose, Look for
rain and stormy blows.
If a dog pulls his feet up high while walking,
A change in the weather is coming.
Cats scratch a post before wind, Wash their faces
before a rain, And sit with backs to the fire before snow.
Cats with their tails up and hair aparently
electrified indicate appproaching wind.
When spirders webs in air do fly, The spell will
soon be very dry.
If garden spiders forsake their webs, it
indicates rain.
If spiders are many aand spinning their websm The
spell will soon be very dry.
Spiders enlarge abd repair their webs before bad
weather.
A reddish sun has water in his eye; before long
you won't be dry.
When the sun sets bright and clear, An easterly
wind you need not fear.
Clouds on the setting sun's brow indicate rain.
Evening red and morning gray; A good sign for a
fair day.
When the sun sets unhappily with a red veiled
face; Then will the morning be angry with wind and storm.
A red evening and a gray morning sets the pilgrim
walking.
And evening red, and a morning gray, sets the
traveler on his way;
but an evening gray and a morning red, put on your hat, you'll wet your head.
If the sun in red should set, the next day surely
will be wet; if the sun should set in gray, the next will be a fair day.
An evening gray, and a morning red, makes the
shepherd hang his head.
When walls are wet, expect some rain.
If metal lates and dishes sweat, it is a sign of
rain.
Quarries of stone and slate indicate rain by
moist exhaltation from the stone.
When stones sweat, rain you'll get.
Pale moon rains,
Red moon blows;
White moon neiter rains or blows.
The moon her face be red, of water she speaks.
If the moon rises clear, expect fair weather.
When the moon rises red and appears large, with
clouds, expect rain in twelve hours.
When the moon is darkest near the horizon, expect
rain.
If salt is sticky, and gains in weight; it will
rain before too late.
When cheese salt is soft, expect rain.
Tobacco gets moist before a rain.
Oily floors quite slippery get before the rain
makeseverything wet.
If there is dew on the grass in the morning, fair
weather.
When dew is on the grass, rain will never come to
pass.
Mist rising from the pond, fair weather tomorrow.
Clear moon, frost soon.
When mountain moss is soft and limpid, expect
rain.
When corn fodder stands all dry and crisp, go on
your outing, there's no great risk.
Doors and drawers stick before a rain.
When ropes are tight it's going to rain;
When weather's fair, they're slack again.
Knots get tighter before a rain.
Ropes shorten before a rain.
When locks turn damp in the scalp house, it will
surely rain.
Guitar strings shorten before a rain.
Dandelion blossoms close before a rain.
When the milkweed closes its pod, expect rain.
The ppitcher plant opens wider before a rain.
Chickweeds close their leaves before a rain.
Closed is the pinkeyed pimpernel before rain.
When corn fodder is crisp, fair weather; When
corn fodder is limp, rain is coming.
If smoke falls to the ground, it is likely to
rain.
Campfires are more smky before a rain.
The factory smoke stack is more of a nuisance
before a rain.
Frogs crpal before a rain; But in the sun are
quiet again.
If toads apear in large numbers, expect rain.
If frogs make a noise at the time of cold rain,
warm dry weather will follow.
If many earthworms appear, rain will follow.
If you see toadstools in the morning, expect rain
by evening.
When frots jump across the road, they are looking
for rain.
Dead branches falling calm weather indicates
rain.
If cumulus clouds are smaller at sunset than at
noon, expect fair weather.
When cumulus clouds become heaped in leeward
during a strong wind at sunset, thunder may be expected during the night.
If wooly fleeces spread the heavenly way, be sure
no rain distrubs the summer day.
When clouds sink below the hills, foul weather;
When clouds rise above the hills, fair weather.
After back clouds, fair weather.
If cloudy and it soon decreases, certain fair
weather.
A round-topped cloud and flattened base, carries
rainfall in its face.
When moutains and cliffs in the clouds appear,
some sudden and violent showers apppear.
Long foretold, long last Short notice, soon
passed.
Enough blue sky in the Northwest to make a pair
of dutchman's breeches is a sign of approaching fair weather.
When clouds are upon the hills, they'll come down
by the mills.
When lookout mountain has its cap on, it will
rain in six hours.
Clouds upon the hills, if rising, do not bring
rain, if falling, rain follows.
If clouds rise in heaps of white, soon will the
country of the corn priests be pierced with arrows of rain.
Cumulus clouds in a clear blue sky, it will
likely rain.
Sunshiney shower last half an hour.
Clouds small and round like a dapply-gray, with
north wind, fair for a day.
The higher the clouds, the fairer the weather.
When smoke rises but not too high, clouds won't
grow and you'll kee dry.
