If the new year falls on:

• Sunday: Expect a good winter, a windy spring, and a dry summer.
• Monday: Expect a severe winter, a good spring, and a windy summer.
• Tuesday: Expect a dreary winter, a windy spring, and arainy summer.
• Wednesday: Expect a hard winter, a bad spring, and a good summer.
• Thursday: Expect good winter, a windy spring, and a good summer.
• Friday: Expect a variable winter, a good spring, and a good summer.
• Saturday: Expect a snowy winter, and a rainy spring.

  If January Kalends be summerly gay,
  'Twill be winterly weather to the Kalends of May.

Welsh:
   Haf hyd galan gaeaf, gaeaf hyd Fai.
    [Summer till New Year, Winter till May.
      i.e. Mild weather up to January 1 then wintry until May 1.]

January 1^st through the 24^th

In northern Italy careful note is taken of the first 24 days of the year. The first corresponds to January, the second to February, on to the 12th, which corresponds to December. On the 13th the order is reversed, this corresponding to December, the 14th to November, etc. Thus, if the 7th and the 18th, which correspond to July, have the same weather then that month would be forecast to be of the same character. If the 25th is a day of mixed weather, however, the whole prognostication is considered to be uncertain.

January 2^nd

“This daye sheweth the nature and state of September.”
   (Lloyd: The First Part of the Diall of Daies, London, 1590)

January 3^rd

“This day doth shew the nature and state of October.”    (Lloyd)

January 4^th

“This day doth forshew the nature and state of November.”
   (Lloyd)

January 5^th

“This day doth shew the nature and state of December.”
   (Lloyd)

If sunny on the first Sunday after Epiphany (January 6^th) there will be much wind.

January 8^th

“This day before noone declareth the nature of June, and after noone the nature of May.”
   (Lloyd)

January 9^th

“This day openeth the nature of August before noone, and after noone dooth shew the state of July.”
   (Lloyd)

January 10^th

“This daye sheweth the nature of October before noone and after noone, the nature of September.”
   (Lloyd)

January 11^th

“Before noone, this daye declareth the nature of December, and after noone the nature of November.”
   (Lloyd)

January 12^th

“This daye being the twelfth, dooth foreshowe the nature and condition of the whole yeare, and dooth confirm the eleven days going before.”
   (Lloyd)

If the sun shines on this day, it foreshows much wind.

January 13^th

Twentieth Day

If it snows today there will be twenty snowstorms before April 14^th.

     (Twentieth Day marks the end of Christmas festivities in Norway.
     Midwinter is January 12, which is half way between October 14 and April 14.)

January 14^th

St. Hilary’s Day is the coldest day of the year.

January 17^th

Frost on St. Sulpicius’ Day means a good spring.

January 22^nd

     Clear weather on St. Vincent’s Day promises a good year.

     If St. Vincent’s has sunshine,
          one hopes much rye and wine.

     Vincenti festo, si Sol radiet, memor esto.
     Para tuas cuppas, quia multas colliges uvas.
     (i.e. A dry year favorable for wine making)

     In France: If sunny and clear there will be more wine than water.

     If the sun shine today there shall be much wind.

     Portugal: If the wind blows out a lighted torch on a high hill then there will be a bumper crop and you will need to hire help;
      if the torch burns on then there will be a poor harvest and you will have to lay off help.

     In Stavanger, Norway: Sun on this day betokens a good year.

January 25^th

On the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul:

     A very important day especially in Scandinavian countries to presage the weather and harvest for the year.

     If the day comes bright and clear,
          It betides a happy year.

     If St. Paul’s be fair and clear,
     It betides a happy year;
     If by chance it then should rain,
     It will make dear all kinds of grain.

     If clear, betides a happy year.
     Rain makes dear all kinds of grain.

     If the day of St. Paule be cleere,
     Then shall betide an happie year:
     If it doe chaunce to snow or raine,
     Then shall bee deare all kinde of graine.
     But if the winde then bee aloft,
     Warres shall vex this realme full oft:
     And if the cloudes make dark the skie,
     Both neate and fowle this year shall die.

Fog in January makes a wet Spring.
     A January thaw means a July flood.

If there is no snow in January, there will be more in March and April.

     Or If there is no snow before January there will be more in March and April.

If January grass I spy,
     Lock the granary and worry about July.

If grass grows in January, it will grow badly the whole year.

Fell timber in the waning moon.

A January spring is worth naething.

In January if the sun appear,
     March and April pay full dear.

   March in January,
   January in March, I fear.

F

ebruary

February 2^nd

     If Candlemas be fair and clear,
     There’ll be two winters in the year.

     If Candlemas be fair and bright,
     Winter will have another flight;
     If on Candlemas day it be shower and rain,
     Winter is gone and will not come again.

     If Cannlemas day be lound and fair,
     Yaw hawf o’ t’ winter’s to come and mair;
     If Cannlemas day be murk an’ foul,
     Haw hawf o’ t’ winter’s greean at Yule.

     If Candlemas be dry and fair,
     The half of winter’s to come and mair;
     If Candlemas be foul and wet,
     The half of winter was gone at Yule.

     If Marie’s purifying daie
     Be bright and clear with sunny naie,
     Then frost and cold shall be much more
     After the feast than was before.

     When on the purification the sun has shined,
     The greater part of winter comes behind.

     When it rains on Candlemas the cold is over.

Italian:
     If on Candlemas-day there be snow or hail, we shall soon have done with winter:
     but if there be rain or sunshine, winter will continue for 40 days.

Basque:      If Candlemas be cold, the winter will be mild:
     but if Candlemas be hot, winter will last till after Easter.

February 3^rd

   St. Blaze:

     Imber si datur, Virgo dum purificatur,
     Inde notatur quod hyemps abinde fugatur:
     Si sol det radium, frigis erit nimium.

February 12^th

   If the sun shines on St. Eulalie’s day
     It is good for apples and cider, they say.

The weather on the 12^th, 13^th, and 14^th indicates the weather for the rest of the year.

Shrove Tuesday falls on the Tuesday on or after the next new moon past Candlemas.

     As the weather is on Shrove Tuesday, so it will be to the end of Lent.

     So much the sun shineth on Shrove Tuesday, the like will it shine every day in Lent.

     Thunder on Shrove Tuesday foretells wind.

Ash Wednesday: Wind today continues through Lent.

     Wherever the wind lies on Ash Wednesday, it continues during the whole of Lent.

Lenten Embertide

  Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Ash Wednesday
    The weather on each of these three days foretells the weather for April, May, and June.

February 22^nd

The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter at Antioch

    Spring begins on St. Peter’s Day.

    German: If water is frozen on this day, the ice will not melt for a fortnight.

    The weather on this day will last four weeks [or forty days].

    If the sun shines today there will be a good harvest.

    The weather on the night of St. Peter’s Day shows the weather for the next forty days.

February 24^th

   If a freeze on St. Matthias’ Day, there will be frost for a month.

   Frost today will last several days.

   Matthias breaks the ice if he finds it;
     If he does not break it, he makes it all the harder.

   If St. Matthias does not break the ice, he has lost his axe, and the ice will remain unbroken till St. Joseph comes.

February 28^th

St. Romanus bright and clear indicates a goodly year.

There is always one fine week in February.

Much February snow a fine summer doth show.

Fog in February means frost in May.

A mild winter makes a cold summer; a long winter maketh a full ear.

M

arch

When March comes in like a lion,
     it will go out like a lamb.
When March comes in like a lamb,
     it will go out like a lion.

March 9^th

Norway:
     As the weather is on this day so it will be for the next forty days.

March 19^th

Clear on St. Joseph’s Day foretells a fertile year.

March 21^st

If it rains on St. Benoit’s it will rain for forty days after.

March 25^th

St. Mary’s bright and clear, fertile is said to be the year.

So many mists in March you see,
     So many frosts in May will be.

March takes winter’s cloak then sells it three days later.

Thunder in March means a fruitful but sorrowful year.

A moist autumn with a mild winter is followed by a cold, dry spring.

If the spring be cold and wet, the autumn will be cold and dry.

A

pril

April 1^st

Thunder on All Fools' Day brings good crops of oats and hay.

April 1^st – 3^rd

     March borrowed from Averil
     Three Days, and they were ill.

Borrowing Days: As the beginning of April is often stormy, when March has gone out like a lion, the first three days are called the Borrowing Days, no longer April's but borrowed by March.

   If the first three days of April be foggy, there will be a flood in June.

Venice:
   Tre Aprilanti
     Quaranta somiglianti.
I.e. As the weather is on the first three days of April, so will it be for the next forty days.

Palm Sunday

From whatever quarter the wind blows on Palm Sunday, it will continue to blow from the same quarter for the most part during the ensuing summer.

If foggy on Palm Sunday, expect a flood in June.

Good Friday

A wet Good Friday makes a thirsty year.

Easter

If the sunne shine on Easter Day,
     It will shine on Whitsunday.

Easter in snow, Christmas in mud;
     Christmas in snow, Easter in mud.

If it rains on Easter Sunday, it will rain for seven Sundays in a row.

The weather on Low Sunday (the Sunday after Easter) foretells the weather for the summer.

A cold April the barn will fill.

When April blows his horn,
     It’s good for both hay and corn.

M

ay

May 1^st

Rain on the first means a fertile year.

May 11^th, 12^th, and 13^th

Three Chilly Saints. Three days of cold weather.

     St. Mamertus, St. Pancras, and St. Servatius do not pass without a frost.

May 25^th

Summer begins on St. Urban’s Day.

   If it rain on the 25th, wind shall do much hurt that year;
     If the sun shine, the contrary.

   Hat Urbanstag schön Sommerschein, verspricht es viel und gutan Wein.
     If the day is fine expect good and plentiful wine.

Ascension Day
Forty days past Easter

Rain on this day means a wet harvest.

If it rain on Ascension-day ever so little, it foretells scarcity: but if it be fair, then the contrary, and fine weather to Michaelmas.

Whit Embertide

  Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Pentecost
    The weather on each of these three days foretells the weather for July, August, and September.

May 31^st

     If on the last day of this month oak trees begin to bear blossoms, it will be a good year for tallow, and plenty of fruit.
          (Lilly: A History of His Life and Times, from the year 1602 to 1681. ed. Elias Ashmole (London, 1715))

A snowstorm in May brings a wagon-load of hay.

Cold Maie and windie
     Barne filleth up finelie

A cold May is kindly and fills the barn finely.

Mist in May and heat in June makes the harvest right soon.

Wet May, dry July.

J

une

June 8^th

   If it rains on St. Medard’s, it will rain for forty days.

or

Quand il pleut à la Saint-Médard
Il pleut quarante jours plus tard;
S'il pleut le jour de Saint Gervais et de Saint Protais,
Il pleut quarante jours aprés.

When it rains on Saint Médard's Day
It rains forty days later;
If it rains during the day of St Gervais and St Protais,
It rains for forty days after.

   This day’s weather will remain four or five weeks.

June 11^th

     On St. Barnabus Day the sun comes to stay.

     Barnaby bright,
          The Longest day
               And shortest Night.

     Sunsted: Days appear not to lengthen or shorten for a fortnight.

     Storms this day.

June 15^th

If St. Vitus’ Day be rainy weather,
     It will rain for thirty days together.

     Lux sacrata Vito si sit pluviosa,
          Sequentes Triginta facient omne madere solum.

June 19^th

   If it rains on St. Protase, it will rain for forty more days.

   S’il pleut le jour de Saint Gervais
     Et de Saint Protais,
   Il pleut guarante jours après.
       If it rains during the day of St Gervais and St Protais,
       It rains for forty days after.

June 24^th

Rain on Midsummer’s Day or the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist means a wet harvest.

Pluie de Saint Jean dure long temps.
   I.e. Rain on this day lasts a long time.

   Baptistae fuerit cum lux pluviosa Ioannis
     Ingrati messis plena laboris erit.
       When rain the holy Baptist’s day doth spoil,
         The harvest will be full of hateful toil.

June 27^th

   Rain today means seven wet weeks.

June 29^th

   Saint Pierre et saint Paul pluvieux,
     Pour trente jours dangereux.

If the 29th of this month be fair, fruit will be plenty; but the tender lambs and other weak cattle will die that year.

   Wind from the west, fish and bread;
     Wind from the north, cold and flaying;
   Wind from the east, snow on the hills,
     Wind from the south, fruit on trees.
       Scottish fishermen. Trans Carmichael, Carmina Gadelica

Calm weather in June sets the corn in tune.

A dry may and a dripping June brings all things in tune.

J

uly

July 1^st

If the first of July it be rainy weather,
   ‘twill rain more or less for four weeks together.

July 2^nd

Rain on the Feast of the Visitation of Mary means rainy weather for a month.

Secundo die Julii pluvia 40 dies similes conducit.

Processus and Martinian

     Si pluat festo Processi et Martiniani
     Imber erit grandis, et suffocatio grani.

  If it rains on this day, there will be
    Excessive rain all summer that smothers the corn.

July 3^rd through August 11^th

     Dog Days bright and clear
     Indicate a bounteous year.

July 4^th

St. Martin le Bouillant

Martini magni translation si pluuiam det
     Quadraginta dies continuare solet

Bullion’s day gif ye be fair
     For forty days there'll be na mair.

   Rain on this day, wet weather for the twenty ensuing days.

July 15^th

Rain on St. Swithin’s Day means forty more days of rain.

     St. Swithin’s Day, if thou dost rain,
     Forty days it will remain.
     St. Swithin’s Day, if thou be fair
     For forty days ‘twill rain na mair.

In the daye of seynte Svithone rane ginneth rinigge Forti dawes mid ywone.
   On St. Swithin’s Day it usually begins to rain for forty days.
     ~14th Century manuscript

If St, Swithin weeps, the proverb says,
The weather will be foul for forty days.

July 19^th

On St.Vincent's Day Rains cease and Winds come.

July 20^th

St. Margaret’s Day brings rain.

July 25^th

S. James's day before noon betokeneth the winter time before Christmas; and after noon , it betokeneth the time after Christmas.

July 26^th

If it rains on St. Anne's day it will rain for one month and one week.

A

ugust

August 1^st through the 12^th

In Albania the country people believe that the first twelve days of August foretell the character of the weather during the ensuing twelve months.

August 6^th

St. Sixtus:

     In Sixti festo venti validi memor esto;
     Si sit nulla, farra valere scies.

San Transfiguatio qual es el dia tal es el año.
     I.e. As the weather is on the day of the Transfiguration, so will it be the rest of the year.

August 10^th

If fair on St. Lawrence’s Day, a fine autumn.

August 15^th

If the sun shine on the 15th, it is a good token of a mild winter.

August 17^th

Cat nights begin.

August 24^th Autumn begins on St. Bartholomew’s Day.

     If St. Bartholomew’s Day be fair and clear,
       Then a prosperous autumn comes that year.

     St. Bartholomew brings the cold dew.

     St. Bartlemy’s mantle wiped dry
       All the tears St. Swithin can cry.

     If it rains on this day it rains for forty days.

As August, so next February.

Fog this month means a severe winter

A moist and cool summer portends a hard winter.

   Dry August and warme,
     Doth harvest no harme.

S

eptember

If the Harvest Moon comes without frost, there will be none until the next full moon.

September 15^th

The weather today is nearly always fine.

Michaelmas Embertide

  Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after Holy Cross Day (September 14)
    The weather on each of these three days foretells the weather for October, November, and December.

September 21^st

A south wind on St. Matthew’s Day means a warm Autumn.

The weather on St. Matthew’s Day foretells November.

September 29^th

So many days old the moon is on Michaelmas Day, so many floods thereafter.

If Michaelmas-day be fine, the sun will shine much in the winter.

If it rain today, it will rain up till Christmas.

The first snow comes six weeks after the last thunderstorm in September.

As September, so the coming March.

O

ctober

October 16^th

A dry Gallus Day means a dry Spring.

If it is fine on St. Gall's day, it will be fine up to Christmas.

October 18^th

Fine dry weather on St. Luke’s little summer.

     St. Luke’s little summer: A period of warm weather following cold.

October 28^th

SS Simon and Jude: Rain on this day.

If the acorn's wet, expect a wet winter to follow.

When leaves fall early, fall and winter will be mild;
     when leaves fall late, winter will be severe.

If in the fall of the leaf in October, many leaves wither on the boughs and hang there, it betokens a frosty winter and much snow.

October always has nineteen fine days.

A warm October means a cold February.

Much rain in October, much wind in December.

As the weather in October, so will be next March.

If October brings heavy frosts and cold winds, January and February will be mild.

For every fog in October, a snow in the winter.

If on the trees the leaves still hold, the winter coming will be cold.

N

ovember

November 1^st

If All Saints brings out water,
     St. Martin’s brings out Indian Summer.

If ducks slide at Hallowtide
     At Christmas they will swim.

If ducks do slide at Hollantide,
   At Christmas they will swim;
If ducks do swim at Hollantide,
   At Christmas they will slide.

November 10^th

   If the 10 day be cloudy, it denunciates a wet;
     if dry, a sharp winter.

November 11^th

At St. Martin’s day winter is on his way.

St. Martin’s summer: a season of fine, mild weather occurring about Martinmas.

Ice before Martinmas means mud at Christmas.

If the leaves do not fall by St. Martin’s, expect a cold winter.

November 21^st

On St. Cecelia’s Day, so goes the winter.

November 25^th

Winter begins on St. Catherine’s Day.

On this day, Fair or foul, so next February.

A foggy autumn, a snowy winter.

As many days old as the moon is at the first snow, there will be as many snows before crop planting time.

If there be ice in November that will bear a duck,
     There’ll be nothing thereafter but sleet and muck.

Thunder in November foretells a fertile year to come.

D

ecember

December 13^th

   Lucy Light, the shortest day and longest night.

   If St. Lucy's Day be bright, Christmas Day will be dark with snow; but if the snow fall on St. Lucy, Christmas will be clear and sunny.

Advent Embertide
  Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday after St. Lucia (December 13)
    The weather on each of these three days foretells the weather for January, February, and March.

December 13^th through the 24^th

The twelve days which precede Christmas are, in some parts of France, said to represent , month by month, the weather of the ensuing year.

December 14^th through the 25^th: Halcyon Days of calm weather.

December 21^st

   St. Thomas grey, St. Thomas grey,
     The longest night and the shortest day.

Look at the weather cock on St. Thomas Day at 12 o'clock and see which way the wind is for there it will stick for the next three months.

Thunder during Christmas week means a very snowy winter.

December 25^th

If Christmas Day be bright and clear
     There'll be two winters in the year.

If the sun on Christmas Day shines clear,
     It promises a fertile year.

Waxing moon at Christmas means a good year;
   Waning moon at Christmas means a bad year.

Wind on Christmas Day and the trees will bear much fruit.

A green Christmas foretells a white Easter.

Easter in snow, Christmas in mud;
     Christmas in snow, Easter in mud.

A warm Christmas-
     A Cold Easter.

Christmas day of the week:

     Lordynges, I warne you ale beforne,
     Yef that day that Cryste was borne
     Falle uppon a Sunday,
     That wynter shalbe good par fay,
     But grete wyndes alofte shalbe,
     The somer shalbe fayre and drye;
     By kinde skylle, wythowtyn lesse,
     Throw all londes shalbe peas,
     And good tyme all thyngs to don
     Be he that stelythe, he shalbe fownde sone:

     Yf Crystemas Day on Monday be,
     A grete wynter that year have shall ye,
     And fulle of wyndes, lowde and stylle,
     But the somer, trewly to telle,
     Shalbe sterne wyndes also,
     And fulle of tempeste all thereto;
     All batayle multiplye,
     And grete plenty of beeve shall dye.

     Yf Crystmas day on Tuesday be,
     That yere shall dyen wemen plenté
     And that wynter wex greter marvaylys;
     Shyppys shalbe in grete perylls;
     That yere shall kynges and lordes be slayne,
     And myche hothyr pepylle agayn heym.
     A dry somer that yere shalbe.

     Yf Cristmas day, the sothe to say,
     Fall upon a Wodnysday,
     That yere shallbe an harde wynter and strong,
     And many hydeus wyndes amonge;
     The somer mery and good shalbe,
     That yere shalbe wete grete plenté;
     Young folke shall dye that yere also,
     And shyppes in the see shall have gret woo.

     Yf Cristmas day on Thursday be,
     A wyndy winter see shalle yee,
     Of wyndes and weders all weked,
     And harde tempestes stronge and thycke.
     The somer shalbe good and drye,
     Cornys and bestes shall multyplye.
     That yere ys good londes to tylthe,
     And kynges and prynces shalle dye by skylle.

     Yf Cristmas day on Fryday be,
     The fyrst of wynter harde shalbe,
     With froste and snowe, and with flode,
     But the last ende therof ys goode.
     Agayn, the somer shalbe good also,
     Folkes in hyr yere shall have grete woo;
     Wemen wyth chyld, bestes wyth corne,
     Shall multyplye, and none be borne.

     Yf Cristmas on the Saterday falle,
     That wynter ys to be dredden alle,
     Hyte shalbe so fulle of grete tempeste,
     That hyt shall sle bothe man and beste,
     Frute and corne shall fayle grete win,
     And olde folke dyen many on;
     Whate woman that day of chylde travayle,
     They shalbe borne in grete perelle.

Day of the week when Christmas falls:

Sunday
If the netiuity of our Lorde come on Sunday,
Winter shall be good, the spring windy, sweet, & hot. Vintage flourishing, Oxen, and Sheepe multiplied: Hony & milke plentifull, peace, and accord in the Land, yea, all the Sundayes in the yeere following profitable: They that bee borne shall be strong, great, and shining: and he that flieth shall be found.

Monday
If it fall on the Monday,
Winter shall bee indifferent, Sommer dry, or cleane contrary, so that if it be rainy and tempestuous, vintage shall be doubtfull: in each Munday of the said yeere, to enterprise any thing it shall bee prosperous and strong. Who that flieth shall soone be found: theft done shall be proued, and hee that falleth into his bed, soone recouer.

Tuesday
If it come on the Tuesday,
Winter shall be good, the spring windy, Summer fruitfull, Vintage laboursome, Weomen die, and shippes perish on the Seas. In each Tuesday of this same yeere, to beginne a worke, it will prosper: hee that is borne shall be strong and couetous, dreames pertaine to age. Hee that flieth shall soone bee found; theft done shall be proued.

Wednesday
If it come on Wednesday,
Winter shall be sharpe and hard, the Spring windy and euill, summer good, Vintage plentifull, good wit easily found, young men die, hony sparing, men desire to trauell, and ship-men saile with great hazard that yeere. In each Wednesday to begin a worke is good.

Thursday
If it come on the Thursday,
Winter shall bee good, the Spring windy, Summer fruitfull, Vintage plentifull. Kings and Princes in hazard. And in each Thursday to beginner a new worke, prosperous. Hee that is borne shall be of faire speech and worshipfull, hee that flieth shall soone be found, theft done by weomen shall be proued. Hee that falleth in his bed shall soon recouer.

Friday
If it come on the Friday,
winter shall be maruellous, the Spring windy and good, Summer dry, Vintage plenteous: There shall be trouble of the aire, Sheepe and Bees perish, Oates deare. In each Friday to begin a worke it shall prosper; hee that is borne shall be profitable and lecherous. Hee that flieth shall soone be found; theft done by a Childe shall bee proued.

Saturday
If it come on the Saturday,
Winter shall be dark, snow great, fruit plenteous, the spring windy, Summer euill, Vintage sparing in many places: Oates shall be deare, Men waxe sick, and Bees die. In no Saturday to begin a worke shall be good, except the course of the Moone alter it: Theft done shall be found, hee that flieth shall turne againe to his owne; those that are sick, shall long waile, and vnneath they shall escape death.
     Godfridus, The Knowledge of Things Vnknowne (1552?)

December 25^th through January 5^th

Weather on Christmas Day and the next 11 days determine that for each month in the coming year.
     i.e. December 25 foretells January; December 26 foretells February, etc.

     The Danish record these days with an open circle for a fine day, a darkened circle for a cloudy day, and half filled circle for a mixed day.

The Twelve Days of Christmas foreshow the weather in all the twelve succeeding months.

December 31^st

If New Year’s Eve night-wind blow south,
     It betokeneth warm and growth;
If west, much milk, and fish in the sea;
     If north, much cold and storms there will be;
If east, the trees will bear much fruit;
     If northeast, flee it man and brute.

Scottish Highlanders: “They make observation on twelve days, beginning at the last of December, and hold as an infallible rule, that whatsoever weather happens on each of those days, the same will prove to agree in the correspondent month. Thus, January is to answer to the weather of December the 31st. February to that of January 1st; and so with the rest.”
     Pennant, A Tour in Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides, MDCCLXXII

Dat Clemen hiemem, dat Petrus uer cathedratus, aestuat Vrbanus, autumnat Bartholomaeus.
     St. Clement (November 23) gives winter, Peter in his chair spring, Urban sweats in summer, Bartholomew is autumnal.

As the days grow longer the storms grow stronger.

Summer storms pass you by unless the lightning’s white.

A foggy autumn, a snowy winter.

In the fall:

     Hail brings frost in the tail.

     White frost is followed by wet weather.

Big snowflakes, long lasting storm; small flakes, shorter storm.

When snow falls dry, it means to lie;
     But flakes light and soft bring rain oft.

When snow begins in the middle of the day, a foot of it may lay.

A month that comes in good will go out bad.

Rain before seven, clear by eleven.

Long foretold, long last;
     Short notice, soon passed.

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

The sharper the blast
     The sooner ‘tis past.

A curdled sky will not leave the earth long dry.

Chimney smoke descends, our nice weather ends.

If the wind changes direction against the sun (backs), don’t trust it for back it will run.

When the night goes to bed with a fever, it will wake with a wet head.

Morning rain is vigorous but short lasting.

Rain ceases, wind increases.

If the sun sets clear on Friday, it will storm on Sunday.

When the sun goes pale to bed, likely rain or snow ‘tis said.

Morning red, foul weather ahead.

See the “sun dog” and expect a change.

When the sun enters his house, it will cry tears that will reach us by tomorrow.

Clear, full moon; frost very soon.

Frost is heavier on moonlit nights.

A fog and a small moon, an easterly wind soon.

Pale moon rains,
     Red moon blows;
White moon neither
     Rains or blows.

If the new moon holds the old moon in her lap, fair weather.

If the moon is haloed round,
     Soon we’ll tread on deluged ground.

When the wheel* is far, the storm is n’ar;
     When the wheel is near, the storm is far.
       *[i.e. ring]

Tipped moon wet; cupped moon dry.

Double circles around the moon portray very severe weather.

The moon’s red face speaks of water.

A downward tipped crescent moon means wet weather soon.

As many days old as the moon is at the first snow, there will be as many snows before crop planting time.

When the moon becomes indistinct in its shape, look for rain.

Circle around the moon, it will rain or snow soon.

In summer if the current phase of the moon occurs between. . .

• Midnight and 2:00 A.M. expect Fair weather.
• 2:00 and 4:00 A.M. expect Cold with frequent showers.
• 4:00 and 6:00 A.M. expect Rain.
• 6:00 and 8:00 A.M. expect Wind and rain.
• 8:00 and 10:00 A.M. expect Changeable weather.
• 10:00 and noon expect Frequent showers.
• 12:00 and 2:00 P.M. expect Very rainy weather.
• 2:00 and 4:00 P.M. expect Changeable weather.
• 4:00 and 6:00 P.M. expect Fair.
• 6:00 and 10:00 P.M. expect Fair weather if winds are northwest, Rain if winds are South to Southwest.
• 10:00 and midnight expect Fair weather.

In winter, if the current phase of the moon occurs between. . .

• Midnight and 2:00 A.M. expect a hard frost unless the wind is South to West.
• 2:00 and 4:00 A.M. expect Snow and stormy weather.
• 4:00 and 6:00 A.M. expect Rain.
• 6:00 and 8:00 A.M. expect Stormy weather.
• 8:00 and 10:00 A.M. expect cold and rain if winds are West, snow if winds are easterly.
• 10:00 and noon expect cold with high winds.
• 12:00 and 2:00 P.M. expect snow or rain.
• 2:00 and 4:00 P.M. expect fair and mild weather.
• 4:00 and 6:00 P.M. expect Fair.
• 6:00 and 10:00 P.M. expect Fair and frosty weather if winds are North to Northeast, Rain or snow if winds are South to Southwest.
• 10:00 and midnight expect Fair and frosty weather.

Rainbow to windward, foul falls the day,
     Rainbow to leeward, damp runs away.

If there be a rainbow in the eve,
     It will rain and leave.
If there’s a rainbow in the morrow,
     It will neither lend or borrow.

The flower’s perfume is strongest before a storm.

If clover leaves contract, expect a storm.

Maple leaves show their silver lining before rain.

If the acorn's wet, expect a wet winter to follow.

Dry grass at dawn’s early light, look for rain by that night.

Dew on the grass, rain won’t come to pass.

Crow on the fence, rain will go hence.
     Crow on the ground, rain will come down.

When rooks and geese fly high, ‘twill be fair.

Birds fly high when the weather’s dry.

Cricket thermometer: The number of chirps in fourteen seconds plus forty equals the temperature in Fahrenheit.

Spiders leave their web right before the storm.