Do you know any weird and wonderful ways to predict the weather?

Question

A local farmer here in Ireland says we'll have a brilliant September because 'the storks have gone up the mountain' So far he just maybe right!

Answer 1

1. Katydids start making noise almost exactly six weeks before the first frost.
2. Mackerel sky---If the clouds look like fish scales, it means a change in the weather is coming---usually rain.
3. Check the hornet nests. If they are only about six feet off the ground, there will not be much snow the next winter.
If they are thirty feet off the ground, get your snowblower ready!
4. Don't bother with the stripes on the wooly bears. That has long since been discounted.
5. And the famous groundhog, Punxatawney Phil, is actually wrong more often that he is right.

Answer 2

Here are a few to start you off;

Red sky at night Shepherds Delight, Red sky at morning Shepherds warning.

When the dew is on the grass rain will never come to pass.

Green Christmas means a White Easter.

Berry laden trees mean a harsh winter.

Hope these help, and by the way a couple of tips i picked up many years ago when i worked at an airfield as ground crew,

A strong wind usually means rain is on the way as the weather front pushes the air along in the form of wind, If you can see things clearly or magnified at a long distance it is because rain is due, Haze means a warm day and finally one from my far distant childhood for people in the countryside look at the nearest Ants nest if they are out and about it wont rain because they come out for sunny weather.

Hope these are what you are looking for.

Good Luck.

Answer 3

When you work outside you get used to seeing certain types of cloud which are like a fingerprint in the sky - they give some indication of what's coming. The very high wispy stuff (Cirrus) normally means there will be a change in the weather. If you can suss out the prevailing winds you get a good idea of what that will be.

The bobbly stuff that forms what looks like patterns the sea leaves on sand is called Altocumulus and indicates an approaching weather front, normally rain.

There is also a type of cloud which looks like balloon shapes of cloud hanging down in the sky. This is called Mammatus and normally means there's a storm coming.

Answer 4

A farmer I know in North Wales predicts snow if there are dew drops hanging from the over head telephone cables.

Answer 5

when cold weather was coming. my mother would always say (the frost is on the pumpkin) i can tell when its going to rain because of a bad broken foot it swelled up last night and it rained last night believe it or not some people can *smell* the rain or snow coming in

Answer 6

I in basic terms understand of employing the colour of the sky at evening and interior the morning to foretell the climate. simply by fact the asserting is going: pink sky at evening, shepard's delight. pink sky interior the morning, shepard's warning. i hit upon that it maximum circumstances the asserting is authentic.

Answer 7

If the bottom of the leaves from a maple tree begin turn skywards, then rain is soon to follow.

Answer 8

Grab yourself a Farmers Almanac and be amazed, there is lots of folk lore in those books.

Answer 9

Determine which direction the wind is blowing then look in the opposite way and check if there are any rain clouds. If there are, chances are it'll rain.

Answer 10

If you see a cow in the meadow putting suntan oil on it's gunna be hot....If the cow has a brolly he's doing a Mary Poppins impression.