Weather Lore- examples
1. Red sky at night, sailors delight
Red sky in the morning, sailors take warning
2. Haloes around the Sun or moon indicate a rain or snow real soon
3. A reddish Sun has water in his eye; before long you won’t be dry
4. Evening red and morning gray, a good sign for a fair day
5. Pale moon rains, red moon blows; white moon never rains nor blows
6. Clear moon, frost soon
7. When clouds look like rocks and towers, the Earth will be refreshed by showers
8. Clouds on the setting sun’s brow indicate rain
9. If cumulus clouds are smaller at sunset than at noon, expect fair weather
10. Cumulus clouds in a clear, blue sky it will likely rain
11. A sunny shower won’t last an hour
12. A wind from the South has rain in its mouth
13. Birds flying low, expect rain and a blow
14. If a rooster crows on going to bed, you may rise with a watery head
15. Crickets chirp faster then warm and slower when cold
16. Cockroaches are more active before a storm
17. If garden spiders forsake their webs, it indicates rain
18. If spiders are many and spinning their webs, the spell will soon be very dry
19. If a dog pulls his feet up high while walking, a change in weather is coming
20. Pigs gather leaves and straw before a storm
21. The louder the frog, the more the rain
22. The daisy shuts its eye before the rain
23. The pitcher plant opens wider before a rain
24. Flowers smell best just before a rain
25. When your bones hurt a storm is coming
26. When the wind howls around corners and cracks and down chimneys, rain is coming.
27. Rain before seven quits before eleven.
28. If it rains Easter Sunday, it will rain every Sunday for seven weeks.
29. When squirrels lay in a big store of nuts, look for a hard winter.
30. Three days of heavy morning fog, watch for bad weather in 90 days.
31. Lightning never strikes the same place twice.
32. When bees stay close to the hive, rain is nearby.
33. Count the cricket chirps to tell the temperature.
34. Count the seconds between lightning and thunder booms to tell how far away the
storm is.