Our ancestors did not have hydrometeorological centers and devices for determining the weather. But they were very good at predicting the weather and even the future harvest for certain phenomena of nature and animal behavior. People's signs about the weather can help us and learn to be more attentive to the signs of nature.
Signs and people's signs of weather changes
There are quite a few people's signs that predict weather changes. They allow you to anticipate the weather with amazing accuracy, because they are based on centuries of experience in observing nature.
People's signs about the weather are often tied to the time of year.
Winter signs of changes in the weather:
- the misty circle around the sun is to be blizzard;
- the sun sets in a dark cloud - there will be a blizzard;
- large snow flakes - there will be wet rainy weather;
- clear sky - tomorrow it will be a frosty day;
- bright sparkling stars - there will be frost;
- ringing and amicably chirping sparrows - there will be warming;
- Chickens climb high on the roost - there will be frost.
Spring signs about changes in the weather:
- a lot of snow in March - a lot of water in April;
- early spring lightning flashes, but no thunder is heard - there will be a dry summer;
- the leaves of oak are opening - the period of cold has come;
- long icicles in the spring predict a protracted spring;
- a high rainbow in the middle of the day - good weather has come;
- snow melts quickly and a lot of water - it will be rainy summer;
- in April a lot of birch sap is allocated - the summer will be rainy;
- larks and rooks arrived early - to early spring.
Summer signs of changes in the weather:
- earthworms creep out - rain expected;
- bees fluttered behind honey - to be good weather;
- swallows build housing on the sunny side - the summer is expected to cool;
- leaves of maple become wet at the base - it will rain;
- transparent cirrus clouds - the weather will deteriorate;
- high clouds - there will be good weather;
- abrupt thunder - expected clear weather.
Autumn signs of changes in the weather:
- the later the birds fly away, the later the cold will come;
- a squirrel builds a nest near the ground - there will be a frosty winter;
- few berries of mountain ash - to dry autumn; many - to the rainy;
- clouds go low to the ground - to be ravenous;
- a lot of nuts, but few mushrooms - there is a severe snow-covered winter;
- poorly visible stars - to be the rain;
- while the leaves are kept on the cherry - the cold will not come;
- The earlier the snow falls in the fall, the earlier spring will come;
- geese flew away - there will be snow;
- fly mosquitoes in late autumn - winter will not be harsh.
Signs of clear weather:
- in the evening the jackdaws gather together and shout;
- cats belly up;
- insects are twisted by a vertical column;
- the ants are actively moving, and the entrances in the anthill are open;
- Grasshoppers chirrup;
- spiders weave long main threads in a cobweb and stretch them extensively;
- butterflies fly in cloudy weather - a sign of good weather in the near future;
- many spiders and cobwebs;
- Spiders actively move in the evening.
Signs of bad weather:
- thunder in the winter - there will be a strong wind;
- red clouds during sunset and before sunrise - be a strong wind;
- there are no insects in a clear sun - the weather will deteriorate;
- lomit body, joints hurt - the weather will change for the worse;
- bees do not fly away from the beehive - they are afraid of bad weather;
- flies sit quietly and do not buzz - be bad weather or rain;
- the cat folds in a ball before the frost;
- the strong sun after the rain - tomorrow it will be raining again;
- around the moon a big blue circle - to the wind;
- the dog rolls on the ground - there will be rainfall;
- crows gather in a pack and loudly shout - to rage;
- the lightning in the winter precedes the storm;
- birds bathe in the dust - the rain is coming;
- a big reddish month - to rainy weather.