Credit: Tammy Dunn Predict the weather with our collection of weather proverbs and prognostics about rain and clouds.
- Unusual clearness in the atmosphere, with distant objects seen distinctly, indicates rain.
- Red sky at night, sailor's delight. Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.
- 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.
- If it rains before seven, it will clear before eleven.
- Rain from the south prevents the drought, but rain from the west is always best.
- Anvil-shaped clouds bring on a gale.
- A cloud with a round top and flat base carries rainfall on its face.
- When small clouds join and thicken, expect rain.
- Black clouds in the north in winter indicates approaching snow.
- When there is enough blue sky to patch a Dutchman's breeches, expect clearing weather
- A curdly sky will not leave the earth long dry.
- If you see clouds going crosswind, there is a storm in the air.
- Hen scarts and filly tails make lofty ships wear low sails.
- Clouds floating low enough to cast shadows on the ground are usually followed by rain.
- Mackerel sky, mackerel sky, never long wet, never long dry.
- If three nights dewless there be, 'twill rain, you're sure to see.
- If a heavy dew soon dries, expect fine weather; if it lingers on the grass, expect rain in 24 hours.
- With dew before midnight, the next day sure will be bright.
- If you wet your feet with dew in the morning, you may keep them dry for the rest of the day.
Did we miss any? Share your favorite weather lore!
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Hmmm for some reason only
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By dessarn
Hmmm for some reason only half the post can be seen. I tried reloading but still same.
My Dutch sister in-law always
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By Karolyn Cooper
My Dutch sister in-law always say,"If there is enough blue in the sky to patch a Dutchman's pants, it won't rain today."
The phrase, "Red sky at
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By Blacjaguar
The phrase, "Red sky at night, sailor's delight; red sky in the morning, sailor's take warning" is actually a British phrase (so I've heard anyway). Because their weather movement directions are reversed compared to ours, we should technically reverse the rhyme! When I do this, the rhyme is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT accurate for we New Englanders! Cool, huh?
Big snow, no snow. Small
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By galenfld
Big snow, no snow. Small snow, lots of snow.
If the sun shines during a
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By dustbunny1981
If the sun shines during a rain storm, it will rain the same time tomorrow.
A mackerel sky is filled with
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By dippa4
A mackerel sky is filled with a regular pattern of altocumulus clouds somewhat resembling the skin of a mackerel. I think a curdly sky is the same as a "buttermilk sky" also patterned formations but more like lumpy cloud puffs- reminds me of the Hoagy Carmichael song "Ole buttermilk sky, I'm keepin' my eye peeled on you -What's the good word tonight -are you gonna be mellow tonight?"
curdled sky is the same as
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By grady1903
curdled sky is the same as buttermilk sky - that was one of the ways my grandfather watched for rain. Curdled/Buttermilk sky is usually altocumulus clouds -usually on a warm and humid summer morning & usually followed by thunderstorms. We dont have mackerels in this area so I guess that mackerel sky never became a catch phrase down in my neck of the woods.
What is a description of a
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By Redmink
What is a description of a "mackerel sky" and is it similar to a "curdly sky"?
I find many of the proverbs accurate enough to be useful and have found some here that are new to me.
Thanx!
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