When the cuckoo comes to the bare shorn,Sell your cow and buy your corn;But when he comes to the full bit,Sell your corn and buy your sheep.In April he opens his bill;In May he sings all day;In June he alters his tune;Come August, go he must.
When the cuckoo comes to the bare shorn,Sell your cow and buy your corn;But when he comes to the full bit,Sell your corn and buy your sheep.In April he opens his bill;In May he sings all day;In June he alters his tune;Come August, go he must.
When the cuckoo comes to the bare shorn,Sell your cow and buy your corn;But when he comes to the full bit,Sell your corn and buy your sheep.
When the cuckoo comes to the bare shorn,
Sell your cow and buy your corn;
But when he comes to the full bit,
Sell your corn and buy your sheep.
In April he opens his bill;In May he sings all day;In June he alters his tune;Come August, go he must.
In April he opens his bill;
In May he sings all day;
In June he alters his tune;
Come August, go he must.
Cuckoos hallooing in low lands indicate rain; on high lands indicate fair weather.
Dove.
Don’t plant your corn when the turtle-dove cries.
Domestic Fowl.
Domestic fowls dress their feathers when the storm is about to cease.
Domestic fowls look toward the sky before rain.
Domestic fowls stand on one leg before cold weather.
When fowls collect together and pick or straighten their feathers, expect a change of weather.
When fowls roost in day-time expect rain.
February Birds.
If birds caught in February are fat and sleek, it is a sign of more cold weather.
Finch.
When the finch chirps, rain follows.
Geese.
Wild geese fly high in pleasant weather and low in bad weather.
The whiteness of a goose’s breast-bone indicates the amount of snow during winter.
If the November goose bone be thick,So will the winter weather be;If the November goose bone be thin,So will the winter weather be.
If the November goose bone be thick,So will the winter weather be;If the November goose bone be thin,So will the winter weather be.
If the November goose bone be thick,So will the winter weather be;If the November goose bone be thin,So will the winter weather be.
If the November goose bone be thick,
So will the winter weather be;
If the November goose bone be thin,
So will the winter weather be.
A very heavy plumage of geese in fall indicates an approaching cold winter.
Everything is lovely, and the goose hawks high (not hangs high, as is usually stated). Geese flying high is a sign of fair weather.
If the breast-bone of a goose is red, or has many red spots, expect a cold and stormy winter; but if only a few spots are visible, the winter will be mild.
When you see geese in water washing themselves, expect rain.
Geese wash and sparrows fly in flocks before rain.
When geese fly at ten o’clock, or in the first part of the night, it is a sign of cold weather.
If domestic geese walk east and fly west, expect cold weather.
When geese and ducks go into the water and flap their wings, throwing the water over their backs, rain is approaching.
When geese or ducks stand on one leg, expect cold weather.
To read the winter of any year take the breast-bone of a goose hatched during the preceding spring. The bone is translucent and it will be found to be colored and spotted. The dark color and heavy spots indicate cold. If the spots are of light shade and transparent, wet weather, rain, or snow may be looked for.
Grouse.
When grouse drum at night, Indians predict a deep fall of snow.
Gulls.
Gulls will soar to lofty heights, and circling round utter shrill cries before a storm.
Hawk.
When men-of-war-hawks fly high, it is a sign of a clear sky; When they fly low, prepare for a blow.
Hedge Sparrow.
If the hedge sparrow is heard before the grape-vine is putting forth its buds, it is said that a good crop is in store.
Heron.
When heron fly up and down as in doubt where to rest, expect rain.
Hen.
When the hen crows, expect a storm within and without.
Jackdaws.
These birds frequent the flocks of rooks, and with them go out to feed, as if they were aware of the superior sagacity of the rook in finding out the most productive pasture, and had learned to avail themselves of it. Starlings sometimes do the same. Sometimes before the change of weather the daws make a great noise in the chimneys wherein they build, and the sound coming down the flue is distinctly heard in the chamber.
Jackdaws are unusually clamorous before rain.
Kites.
Kites flying unusually high are said to indicate fair weather.
Larks.
Larks, when they sing long and fly high, forebode fine weather.
As long as the lark is heard before Candlemas day (in Europe), that long will it be silent afterward on account of cold yet to come. (German.)
Loon.
Hunters say that the direction in which the loon flies in the morning will be the direction of the wind next day.
Larks.
Field larks, congregating in flocks, indicate severe cold.
Magpies.
Magpies, flying three or four together and uttering harsh cries, predict windy weather.
Missel Thrush.
Missel thrush have been observed to sing particularly loud just before a storm.
Martins.
When martins appear, winter has broken.
No killing frost after martins.
Martins fly low before and during rainy weather.
Migratory.
Migratory birds fly south from cold and north from warm weather. When a severe cyclone is near, they become puzzled and fly in circles, dart in the air and can be easily decoyed. (Observer on North Carolina coast.)
Owls.
Owls hooting indicate rain.
If owls scream in foul weather, it will change to fair.
If owls hoot at night, expect fair weather.
The various omens which vulgar credulity has attached to the hooting and screaming of this bird deserve particular attention. When an owl hoots or screeches, sitting on the top of a house or by the side of a window, it is said to foretell death. The fact seems to be this: The owl, as Virgil justly observes, is more noisy at the change of weather, and as it often happens that patients with lingering diseases die at the change of weather so the owl seems, by a mistaken association of ideas, to forebode the calamity. Both the screech owl and the howlet seem to be alluded to among the harmful fowls in Spencer’s Fairy Queen.
Screech Owl.
A screeching owl indicates cold or storm.
Parrots.
Parrots whistling indicate rain.
It is said that parrots and canaries dress their feathers and are wakeful the evening before a storm.
Peacocks.
When the peacock’s distant voice you hear,Are you in want of rain? Rejoice, ’tis almost here.
When the peacock’s distant voice you hear,Are you in want of rain? Rejoice, ’tis almost here.
When the peacock’s distant voice you hear,Are you in want of rain? Rejoice, ’tis almost here.
When the peacock’s distant voice you hear,
Are you in want of rain? Rejoice, ’tis almost here.
When the peacock loudly bawlsSoon we’ll have both rain and squalls.
When the peacock loudly bawlsSoon we’ll have both rain and squalls.
When the peacock loudly bawlsSoon we’ll have both rain and squalls.
When the peacock loudly bawls
Soon we’ll have both rain and squalls.
If the peacock cries when he goes to roost, and, indeed, much at any time, it is a sign of rain.
When peacocks and guinea fowls scream and turkeys gobble, expect rain.
The squalling of the peacock by night often foretells a rainy day.
Peafowl utter loud cries before a storm, and select a low perch.
Petrels.
Petrels gathering under the stern of a ship indicate bad weather.
The stormy petrel is found to be a sure token of stormy weather. When these birds gather in numbers under the wake of a ship, the sailors are sure of an impending tempest.
Pintado.
Before rain the pintados, or guinea fowls called comebacks, squall more than usual.
Pigeons.
Pigeons return home unusually early before rain.
It is a sign of rain when pigeons return slowly to the dovehouses before the usual time of day.
Prairie Chickens.
Prairie chickens coming into the creeks and timber indicate cold weather.
When the prairie chicken sits on the ground with all its feathers ruffled, expect cold weather.
Quail.
When quails are heard in the evening, fair weather is indicated for next day.
Quails are more abundant during an easterly wind.
Red Breasts.
Red breasts grow bolder and perch against the window in advance of unusually severe weather.
Robins.
First robins indicate the approach of spring.
Long and loud singing of robins in the morning denote rain.
Robins will perch on the topmost branches of trees and whistle when a storm is approaching.
Rooks.
If rooks fly irregularly and high, and seem to fall, expect rain.
Rooks dart and swoop through the air, sparrows group together and keep up a discordant chirping before rain.
Rooster.
A crowing rooster during rain indicates fair weather.
When the roosters go crowing to bed they will rise with watery head.
If a rooster crows on the ground, it is a sign of rain; if he crows on the fence, it is a sign of fair weather.
Sea Birds.
If sea birds fly towards land and land birds toward the sea, expect wind without rain.
Sea-gulls.
If sea-gulls fly inland, expect storm.
When sea-gulls fly to land, a storm is at hand.
Snow-birds.
When snow-birds gather in flocks and light on fences and hedges, expect rain.
Storks.
If storks and cranes fly high and steady, expect fair weather.
Summer Birds.
When summer birds take their flight, the summer goes with them.
Swallow.
When swallows in evenings fly high and chirp, fair weather follows; when low, rain follows.
When the swallow’s nest is highThe summer is very dry;When the swallow buildeth lowYou can safely reap and sow.
When the swallow’s nest is highThe summer is very dry;When the swallow buildeth lowYou can safely reap and sow.
When the swallow’s nest is highThe summer is very dry;When the swallow buildeth lowYou can safely reap and sow.
When the swallow’s nest is high
The summer is very dry;
When the swallow buildeth low
You can safely reap and sow.
When the swallows fly low, or when the geese fly, expect storm or cold.
Swallows skimming along the ground indicate rain.
Swallows flying low indicate rain.
Circling swallows indicate rain.
Swan.
The swan builds its nest high before high waters, but low when there will not be unusual rains.
Thrush.
When the thrush sings at sunset a fair day will follow.
Turkeys.
Turkeys perched on trees and refusing to descend indicates snow.
Water turkeys flying against the wind indicate falling weather.
Vultures.
Vultures are considered as evil omens, in consequence, probably, of their following armies for the sake of carcasses of the slain, whereon they feed. When they scent carrion at a great distance, they indicate that state of the atmosphere which is favorable to the perception of smells, which often forebodes rain.
Water Fowl.
If water fowl scream more than usual and plunge into water, expect rain.
If water fowl make more noise than usual, also if robins approach nearer houses than usual, expect frost soon.
Wild Ducks.
Wild ducks scattered around the lakes near Lake Superior formin large flocks and go south one month earlier in cold or early winters than in mild or pleasant winters.
Wild Geese.
Wild geese flying over in great numbers indicates approaching storm.
Wild geese, wild geese, going to the sea,Good weather it will be;Wild geese, wild geese, going to the hill,The weather it will spill.
Wild geese, wild geese, going to the sea,Good weather it will be;Wild geese, wild geese, going to the hill,The weather it will spill.
Wild geese, wild geese, going to the sea,Good weather it will be;Wild geese, wild geese, going to the hill,The weather it will spill.
Wild geese, wild geese, going to the sea,
Good weather it will be;
Wild geese, wild geese, going to the hill,
The weather it will spill.
Wild geese moving south indicates approaching cold weather, moving north, indicates that most of winter is over.
When wild geese fly to the southeast in the fall, in Kansas, expect a blizzard.
Wild geese flying directly south and very high indicates a very cold winter. When flying low and remaining along the river they indicate a warm winter in Idaho. For spring, just the reverse when flying north. (Old settler.)
Wild geese flying past large bodies of water indicates change of weather; going south cold, going north warm.
Woodcock.
An early appearance of woodcock indicates the approach of a severe winter.
Woodpecker.
When the woodpecker leaves, expect a hard winter.
When woodpeckers peck low on the trees, expect warm weather.
The ivory-billed woodpecker commencing at the bottom end of a tree and going to the top, removing all the outer bark, indicates a hard winter with deep snow.
Wrens.
When wrens are seen in winter, expect snow.
STORM-PRESAGING CLOUDS.[From the New York Herald.]
STORM-PRESAGING CLOUDS.[From the New York Herald.]
STORM-PRESAGING CLOUDS.
[From the New York Herald.]
An English meteorologist, the Hon. F. A. R. Russell, who for many years has been a cloud observer, has recently given his conclusions as to the predictive value of the upper clouds. As a celebrated example of the clews given by cirrus clouds to coming weather he mentions that the Rev. Mr. Ley, on a fine day, noticing certain indications of the upper clouds in London, telegraphed from the strand to the meteorological office ordering warnings of a heavy thunder-storm for four o’clock that afternoon, which at the preannounced hour came crashing over the metropolis. Mr. Russell’s researches lead him to the conviction that the cirrus cloud is often a more timely monitor of approaching storms than the barometer, and that the “bar or ribbed cirrus,” though somewhatuncommon, is “at least equal in value to the falling barometer as a danger signal.” He finds also that “detached patches of cirrus, like little masses of wool or knotted feathers, in a clear sky and of unusual figure, moving at more than the average rate, precede disturbances of great magnitude.”
From Aristotle’s time the value of cloud signs in storm and rain prognostications has been recognized, but their interpretation has only recently become possible, since the movement of storm centres over wide areas has been systematically traced. The irregular motions of the high clouds, perhaps more than their forms (presenting the appearance of having been divided and torn by uprushing currents), indicate dangerous cyclones. If the equatorial air current in which cyclones are borne along is undisturbed by a cyclonic vortex, the clouds floating in its higher strata would sail on it at a uniform rate. But if we suppose that a storm is moving in the great current, the ascending air in the storm’s centre is ceaselessly invading the cloud stratum above. It is this uprushing air which divides the clouds. But as the interchange between the surface and upper air in the cyclone centre tends to retard the swift upper current which transports the cirriform clouds, the motion of these clouds, both over the storm centre and far out in front of it, must often be retarded. The very rapidly moving cirrus clouds which Mr. Russell says precede great disturbances must precede them at great distances from their centres—a fact which enhances their predictive value and shows the importance of observing them systematically. The terrible loss of life and property in the British gale of October 14, 1881, this writer thinks might have been less had the cloud portents been duly watched and heeded, as the cirrus indications of the day previous gave sufficient warning of the coming storm.
Anvil Clouds.
Anvil-shaped clouds are very likely to be followed by a gale of wind.
Appearances.
Soft-looking delicate clouds foretell fine weather with weak, moderate, or light breezes. Hard edged, oily appearing clouds, wind. A dark, gloomy, blue sky indicates wind; a bright, blue sky clear fine weather. Generally the softer the clouds the less wind. Small inky clouds foretell rain.
Assemblage of Clouds.
If an assemblage of small clouds spread out or become thicker and darker, expect rain.
Against the Wind.
If you see a cloud rise against the wind, when that cloud comes up to you the wind will blow the same way that the cloud came, and the same rule holds good of a clear place when all the sky is equally thick except one clear edge. (Shepherd.)
Bull’s Eye.
A small, fast-growing, black cloud in violent motion seen in the tropics, is called the Bull’s Eye, and precedes the most terrible hurricanes.
Black Clouds.
Black clouds in the north in winter indicate approaching snow.
Black Scuds.
Small black scuds (clouds), drifting from southwest, is a sign of rain.
Bright—Dark.
If clouds be bright,’Twill clear to-night;If clouds be dark,’Twill rain, do you hark?
If clouds be bright,’Twill clear to-night;If clouds be dark,’Twill rain, do you hark?
If clouds be bright,’Twill clear to-night;If clouds be dark,’Twill rain, do you hark?
If clouds be bright,
’Twill clear to-night;
If clouds be dark,
’Twill rain, do you hark?
Blue Sky.
Enough blue sky in the northwest to make a Scotchman a jacket is a sign of approaching clear weather.
Cirro-Cumuli.
When cirro-cumuli appear in winter expect warm and wet weather. When cirri threads are brushed back from a southerly direction expect rain and wind.
Cirri and Cumulus.
When cirri merge into cerro-stratus, and when cumulus increase towards evening and become lower clouds, expect wet weather.
Cumulus Clouds.
If a fair day, with cumulus clouds, expect rain before night.
Curdly Sky.
A curdly sky will not leave the earth long dry.
A curdly sky will not be twenty-four hours dry.
Cross-Wind Clouds.
If you see clouds going cross wind, there is a storm in the air.
Clouds—Wind.
Clouds flying against the wind indicate unsettled weather.
Dusky Clouds.
Dusky or tarnish-silver colored clouds indicate hail.
Disperse.
When clouds, after a rain, disperse during the night, the weather will not remain clear.
Dark Sky.
If the sky becomes darker without much rain and divides into two layers of clouds, expect sudden gusts of wind.
Dark clouds in the west at sunrise indicate rain on that day.
Equinox.
If it blows in the day it generally hushes toward evening.
The vernal equinoctial gales are stronger than the autumnal.
East Wind.
If rain falls during an east wind, it will continue a full day.
East Clouds.
Clouds in the east, obscuring the sun, indicate fair weather.
Evening and Morning.
Evening red and morning gray will set the traveller on his way. But evening gray and morning red will bring down rain upon his head.
Fair.
If the sky beyond the clouds is blue,Be glad, there is a picnic for you.
If the sky beyond the clouds is blue,Be glad, there is a picnic for you.
If the sky beyond the clouds is blue,Be glad, there is a picnic for you.
If the sky beyond the clouds is blue,
Be glad, there is a picnic for you.
When there is enough clear sky to patch a Dutchman’s breeches, expect fair weather.
Fleecy Clouds.
If, in winter, the clouds appear fleecy, with a very blue sky, expect cold rain or snow.
If there be a fleecy sky, unless driving northwest, expect rain.
When the clouds are formed like fleeces, but dense in the middle and bright toward the edge, with the sky bright, they are signs of a frost, with hail, snow, or rain.
If the woolly fleeces strew the heavenly way,Be sure no rain disturb the summer day.
If the woolly fleeces strew the heavenly way,Be sure no rain disturb the summer day.
If the woolly fleeces strew the heavenly way,Be sure no rain disturb the summer day.
If the woolly fleeces strew the heavenly way,
Be sure no rain disturb the summer day.
Fine Weather.
If clouds at the same height drive up with the wind, and gradually become thinner and descend, expect fine weather.
Gusts.
If there be a cloudy sky and dark clouds driving fast under higher clouds, expect violent gusts of wind.
General Cloudiness.
When a general cloudiness covers the sky and small, black fragments of clouds fly underneath, they indicate rain, and probably it will be lasting.
Hen Scarts.
Hen scarts and filly tailsMake lofty ships wear low sails.
Hen scarts and filly tailsMake lofty ships wear low sails.
Hen scarts and filly tailsMake lofty ships wear low sails.
Hen scarts and filly tails
Make lofty ships wear low sails.
High, Dark Clouds.
If high, dark clouds are seen, in spring, winter, or fall, expect cold weather.
Heavy Sky.
If the sky after fine weather becomes heavy with small clouds, expect rain.
High Clouds.
If clouds form high in air in their white trains like locks of wool, they portend wind and probably rain.
Hues.
Clouds being soft, undefined, and feathery, will be fair. Generally, any deep, unusual hue of clouds indicate rain and wind, while the more quiet and moderate tints indicate fair weather.
Heavy Rains.
If clouds float at different heights and rates, but generally in opposite directions, expect heavy rains.
Horizontal Clouds.
Narrow, horizontal red clouds after sunset in the west indicate rain before thirty-six hours.
Hills.
When clouds are on the hillsThey’ll come down by the mills.
When clouds are on the hillsThey’ll come down by the mills.
When clouds are on the hillsThey’ll come down by the mills.
When clouds are on the hills
They’ll come down by the mills.
Isolated Clouds.
When on clear days isolated clouds drive over the zenith from the rain-wind side (see table I, part II) storm and rain follow within twenty-four hours.
June.
It never clouds up in a June night for a rain.
Lookout Mountain.
When Lookout Mountain has its cap on, it will rain in six hours.
Low Clouds.
Clouds floating low enough to cast shadows on the ground are usually followed by rain.
Mackerel Sky.
Mackerel sky, mackerel sky,Never long wet, never long dry.
Mackerel sky, mackerel sky,Never long wet, never long dry.
Mackerel sky, mackerel sky,Never long wet, never long dry.
Mackerel sky, mackerel sky,
Never long wet, never long dry.
Mackerel Clouds.
The mackerel clouds always indicate storm if theyfirst appear about 15° north of west. (Kansas.)
Mackerel scales and mare’s tailsMake lofty ships carry low sails.
Mackerel scales and mare’s tailsMake lofty ships carry low sails.
Mackerel scales and mare’s tailsMake lofty ships carry low sails.
Mackerel scales and mare’s tails
Make lofty ships carry low sails.
Mackerel clouds in sky,Expect more wet than dry.
Mackerel clouds in sky,Expect more wet than dry.
Mackerel clouds in sky,Expect more wet than dry.
Mackerel clouds in sky,
Expect more wet than dry.
Mountain Clouds.
When the clouds hang on the mountain side after a rain and the sun shines on the top of the mountain, the storm is over. When gray clouds are seen for several days on the tops of high mountains, in the fall, they indicate an early winter. (Apache Indians.)
Mackerel Scales.
Mackerel scales,Furl your sails.A mackerel sky,Not twenty-four hours dry.
Mackerel scales,Furl your sails.A mackerel sky,Not twenty-four hours dry.
Mackerel scales,Furl your sails.
Mackerel scales,
Furl your sails.
A mackerel sky,Not twenty-four hours dry.
A mackerel sky,
Not twenty-four hours dry.
Northwest Clouds.
If a layer of thin clouds drive up from the northwest, and under other clouds moving more to the south, expect fine weather.
Opening.
If clouds open and close, rain will continue.
Red Sky.
When it is evening, ye say it will be fair weather, for the sky is red; and in the morning it will be foul weather to-day, for the sky is red and lowering. (Matthew xvi, 2, 3.)
When clouds are gathered toward the sun at setting, with a rosy hue, they foretell rain.
If there be red clouds in the west at sunset it will be fair; if the clouds have a tint of purple it will be very fine, or if red bordered with black in the southeast.
Rounded Clouds.
A cloud with rounded top and flattened base carries rainfall on its face.
Red clouds at sunrise indicate storm.
Red clouds at sunrise indicate rain on the following day.
Storm.
Behold there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea like a man’s hand.
Prepare thy chariot and get thee down that the rain stops thee not. And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind and there was great rain. (Kings xviii, 44, 45.)
Stratus.
Stratus or fall cloud is a fog or mist, so called from being strewed along the ground, and from its consisting of particular kinds of clouds, which fall at night-time to the ground. A stratus in the morning, in autumn, often ushers in some of the finest days we enjoy.
Sunday Sunset.
If Sunday sunset is obscured, expect rain before Wednesday.
Salt Lake Valley.
A horizontal streak or band of clouds immediately in front of the mountains on the east side of Salt Lake valley is an indication of rain within one or two days. When black clouds cover the western horizon, rain will follow soon, and extend to the eastward over the valley. (Observer at Salt Lake.)
Storm.
If clouds look like they had been scratched by a hen,Get ready to reef your topsails then.
If clouds look like they had been scratched by a hen,Get ready to reef your topsails then.
If clouds look like they had been scratched by a hen,Get ready to reef your topsails then.
If clouds look like they had been scratched by a hen,
Get ready to reef your topsails then.
If the clouds be of different heights, the sky being grayish or dirty blue, with hardly any wind stirring, the wind, however, changing from west to south, or sometimes to southeast, without perceptibly increasing in force, expect storm.
South Clouds.
If clouds appear suddenly in the south, expect rain.
Sunrise.
If clouds fly to the west at sunrise, expect fine weather.
If at sunrise many clouds are seen in the west, and disappear, expect fine weather for a short time.
Strips of Clouds.
If long strips of clouds drive at a slow rate high in the air, and gradually become larger, the sky having been previously clear, expect rain.
Streamers.
When streamers point upward, the clouds are falling and rain is at hand. When streamers point downward, the clouds are ascending and drought is at hand.
Salmon Clouds.
A long strip of clouds called a Salmon, orNoah’s Ark, stretching east and west, is a sign of stormy weather, but when it extends north and south, it is a sign of dry weather.
North and south the sign of drought,East and west the sign of blast.
North and south the sign of drought,East and west the sign of blast.
North and south the sign of drought,East and west the sign of blast.
North and south the sign of drought,
East and west the sign of blast.
Tints.
Light, delicate, quiet tints or colors, with soft, undefined forms of clouds indicate and accompany fair weather; but unusual or gaudy hues, with hard definitely outlined clouds, foretell rain, and probably stormy weather.
Thin Light Clouds.
If there be a light-blue sky with thin, light, flying clouds, whilst the wind goes to the south, without much increase in force, or a dirty blue sky when no clouds are to be seen, expect storm.
Tails or Feathers.
If there be long points, tails, or feathers hanging from thunder or rain clouds, five or six or more degrees above the horizon, with little wind in summer, thunder may be expected, but storm will be of short duration.
Two Currents.
Two currents of clouds indicate approaching rain, and in summer thunder.
Thunder.
Against much rain the clouds grow rapidly larger, especially before thunder.
Terraces of Clouds.
When the clouds rise in terraces of white, soon will the country of the corn priests be pierced with the arrows of rain. (Zuñi Indians.)
Variety.
The different kinds of clouds indicate rain.
West Clouds.
When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say there cometh a shower, and so it is. (Luke xii, 54.)
Brassy-colored clouds in the west at sunset indicate wind.
White Clouds.
If on a fair day in winter a white bank of clouds arise in the south, expect snow.
If small white clouds are seen to collect together, their edges appearing rough, expect wind.
Wind.
If the wind blow between north and east or east, with clouds for some days, and if clouds be then seen driving from the south high up, rain will follow plentifully, sometimes forty-eight hours after; if after the rain the wind goes to the south or southwest, better weather will follow.
Yellow Sky.
A light yellow sky at sunset presages wind.
A pale yellow sky at sunset presages rain.
Absence of Dew.
The absence of dew for three days indicates rain.
If nights three dewless there be,’Twill rain, you’re sure to see.
If nights three dewless there be,’Twill rain, you’re sure to see.
If nights three dewless there be,’Twill rain, you’re sure to see.
If nights three dewless there be,
’Twill rain, you’re sure to see.
Easter.
The number of dews before Easter will indicate the number of hoar frosts to occur after Easter, and the number of dews to occur in August.
Heavy Dew.
If there is a heavy dew and it soon dries, expect fine weather; if it remains long on the grass, expect rain in twenty-four hours.
Heavy dew indicates fair weather.
Clouds without dew indicate rain.
If there is a heavy dew it indicates fair weather; no dew indicates rain.
Haying Season.
In haying season, when there is no dew, it indicates rain.
Much dew after a fair day indicates another fair day. A calm and fair day followed by absence of dew indicates rain.
Midnight.
With dew before midnight,The next day will sure be bright.
With dew before midnight,The next day will sure be bright.
With dew before midnight,The next day will sure be bright.
With dew before midnight,
The next day will sure be bright.
Plentiful Dew.
If the dew lies on the grass plentifully after a fair day, it indicates that the following day will be fair. If there is no dew and no wind after a fair day, rain will follow.
Southerly Winds.
A heavy dew in the middle latitudes is said to indicate southerly winds.
A heavy dew with a south to east wind, fair—with a northwest wind, rain. (New England.)
Summer Dew.
During summer a heavy dew is sometimes followed by a southerly wind in the afternoon.
Wet Feet.
If your feet you wet with the dew in the morning, you may keep them dry for the rest of the day.
PROVERBS RELATING TO FISH.
General.
When fish bite readily and swim near the surface, rain may be expected.
Fish become inactive just before thunder showers, silent, and won’t bite.