As the day lengthens, the cold strengthens.
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A green Christmas means a white Easter.
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Count the number of days between the last new moon
and when you receive the first tracking snow
to determine the number of snowfalls this winter.
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When snow melts off the roof, the next storm will
be rain. When the snow blows off, reckon on snow.
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Chipmunks are seen as late as December before a mild winter.
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When the Thanksgiving turkey's breastbone is dark,
it indicates a hard winter to come.
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It never storms when the moon is nearly full.
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When squirrels lay in a large store of nuts, the winter will be hard.
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If October brings heavy frosts and cold winds,
January and February will be mild.
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He that is surprised by the first frost feels it all winter after.
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If there is no Indian summer in October or
November, we will get it in the winter.
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Full moon in October without a frost,
no frost untill full moon in November.
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A west wind, like an honest man
goes to bed at sundown.
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If corn husks are thicker than usual
a cold winter lies ahead.
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Birds flying low, expect rain and a blow.
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The first snow comes 6 weeks after the last
thunderstorm in September.
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A silver maple shows the lining of its leaves
before a storm.
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If a rooster crows at night,
he tells you that rain's in sight.
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The wind in the west suits everyone best.
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When spiderwebs in air do fly,
the spell will soon be very dry.
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Seagull, seagull sitting on the sand,
rain is due when you're at hand.
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When ropes are tight, it's going to rain;
when weather's fair, they're slack again.
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A swarm of bees in July does little more than make it dry.
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If the first of July it be rainy weather,
'twill rain more or less for 4 weeks together.
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June warm and damp does make the farmer poor.
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When ditches and ponds offend the nose,
look for rain and stormy blows.
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Pale moon rains, red moon blows,
white moon neither rains nor blows.
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Trout jump high when rain is nigh.
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Rainbow in the eastern sky, the morrow will be dry.
Rainbow in the west that gleams, rain will fall in streams.
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When the fog goes up the mountain hoppin',
the rain comes down the mountain droppin.'
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Always plant your seeds by the full moon.
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Cold wet May means a barn full of hay.
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If a pig wallows in a puddle before the first of May,
it means the summer will be cold.
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When April blows her horn (thunders),
it's good for both hay and corn.
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A pleasant Easter Sunday means a bountiful harvest.
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April showers bring May flowers.
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If smoke falls to the ground, it's likely to rain.
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No killing frost after martins are seen.
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When the moon loses its outline,
rain can be expected in 10 hrs. time.
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Thunder in March means a fruitful harvest,
a dry spring and a rainy summer.
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March damp and warm, does the farmer much harm.
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If in Feb. there be no rain, 'tis neither good for
hay nor grain.
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Thunder in Feb. frightens the maple syrup back into the ground.
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If Feb. gives much snow, a finer summer it doth show.
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If there is no snow in Jan., expect some in March and April.
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Burning woods pops more before rain or snow.
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If snow begins at mid of day, expect a foot of it to lay/
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