USA

The majority of the contributions to these pages are from the USA but unless an address is given it is not always possible to be certain of the country of origin.
From: Mary, Texas, USA - Blackbirds sitting together in rows on the telephone wires, means rain is coming.
From: Carol - I was raised in Springfield Illinois and my mother always said. Thunder in February, freeze in May. Now I live in southern Missouri and I do the same thing but because of being farther south it seems to be a frost in May.
Many people from several states wrote about the wooly worm (bear?) forecasting the coming winter.
From: Sandy - In St. Paul Minnesota before a tornado, the birds and bugs become very still "go into hiding" and it becomes "abnormally quiet".
From: Peter - I live in Southern California. If there's no dew on the grass in the morning, rain will be here within 24 hours.
From: Pat - In the eastern U.S., when snowflakes are fine as corn meal, it does seem to snow a lot! Also "there's three snows after the forsythia blooms."
From: Beverly, Hartford, Wisconsin. USA
Wind from the east fish bite least, wind from the west fish bite best. Accurate? You betcha. Any season too (spring, summer, fall, winter) 		From: Cole - In the state of Texas, people will not hang the wash outside when the sky has a bluish black cast, which signals a dust storm approaching.
In Tennessee greenish clouds are a sign of tornadoes or extremely strong winds.
From: Donna - I live is the state of Missouri. The persimmon seed and how they tell the weather for the coming winter. I know you can't pick them till after the first frost. You slice the seed in half (on the narrow side) and inside you will find a fork, a spoon or a knife.
From: Swan - The nut storing frantic-activity or lack thereof of the squirrels in my SE Massachusetts gardens indicate the severity of the coming winter.
From: Jeanne - Here in Northeast Pennsylvania if the local Black Bears seem to be gathering food, more than usual, it suggests a snowy winter.
From Daigle - In New England there's an old Indian saying about snow fall.
Big snow, little snow. Little snow, big snow.
Explanation: Big snow meaning large flakes, will result in little snowfall. Little snow meaning small flakes, will result in a LOT of snow!