A large crop of acorns - a harsh winter is due.
Cats scratch a post before a wind, wash their faces before a rain, and sit with backs to the fire before snow.
If wasps build their nests high, the winter will be long and harsh.
It will be a cold, snowy winter if squirrels gather huge stores of nuts.
When birds roost close to the ground - rain or snow are due.
"If Candlemas Day be fair and bright,
Winter will have another flight,
If Candlemas Day be cloud and rain,
Then winter will not come again." (Candlemas Day - 2nd February)
"If sun shines through the apple trees upom a Christmas Day,When autumn comes they will a load of fruit display."
If New Year's Eve night-wind blows south,
It betokeneth warmth and growth;
If west, much milk, and fish in the sea;
If north, cold and storms there will be;
If east, the trees will bear much fruit;
If north-east, flee it, man and brute!"
The last Sunday of the month predicts the weather for the next month.
Ice in November to bear a duck, the rest of the winter will be slush and muck.
If fog forms on water in the fall or spring, a frost is on the way.
If corn husks are thicker than usual, a cold winter is ahead.
Sun or moon halos indicate a coming rain (or snow): the larger the halo, the nearer the precipitation.
When squirrels lay in a big store of nuts, look for a hard winter.
If ant hills are high in July,
Winter will be snowy
If the first week in August is unusually warm,
the coming Winter will be snowy and long.
For every fog in August,
There will be a snowfall in Winter.
If a cold August follows a hot July,
It foretells a Winter hard and dry.
When leaves fall early,
Fall and Winter will be mild;
When leaves fall late,
Winter will be severe.
Squirrels gathering nuts in a flurry,
Will cause snow to gather in a hurry.
Much rain in October,
Much wind in December.
A warm October,
A cold February.
Full Moon in October without frost,
No frost 'till November's Full Moon.
Flowers bloomin' in late Autumn,
A sure sign of a bad Winter comin'.
A warm November is the sign of a bad Winter.
As high as the weeds grow,
So will the bank of snow.
Thunder in the Fall foretells a cold Winter.
Onion skins very thin,
Mild Winter coming in;
Onion skins thick and tough,
Coming Winter cold and rough.
A green Christmas; a white Easter.
If there's thunder during Christmas week,
The Winter will be anything but meek.
A tough Winter is ahead if:
corn husks are thick and tight...
apple skins are tough...
birds migrate early...
squirrels tails are very bushy...
berries and nuts are plentiful...
bees build their nests high in the trees.
