Using Mother Nature To Predict The Weather

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Predicting The Weather Using Nature

I have come across so many different saying that help to predict the weather.  These saying have been passed down for hundreds of years by our ancestors and b/c for the most part these saying are fairly accurate.  I'm sure Mother Nature gives us all the information we need to know to predict the weather.  It's just a matter of us understanding or being able to interpret these signals.  I wonder how many sayings didn't survive time only b/c we have become less reliant on predicting the weather when we lived off the land.

Below are some of my favorite ways mother nature tells us what she is going to do...

What to know the temperature?

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Fahrenheit, count number of chirps in 14 seconds then add 40 to get temperature.
Example: 30 chirps + 40 = 70° F

To convert cricket chirps to degrees Celsius...get European crickets...just kidding...

...count number of chirps in 25 seconds, divide by 3, then add 4 to get temperature.
Example: 48 chirps /(divided by) 3 + 4 = 20° C

These have been tested many times and found to be highly accurate. Test them yourself.

Wondering If Rain Is On The Way - Ask Mother Nature?

• “When they swarm, expect a day that’s warm.” - This statement refers to a gardens best friend the lady bug!  If you notice a bunch of them gathering together, expect a hot one...
• I have read in spots that frogs tend to croak louder and longer prior to a storm. Bees, butterflies and other flying bugs disappear or go find a place to wait out the storm.  I haven't tested these personally but I do believe animals know what's happening with the weather a lot better than we do.  Animals seem to always act up prior to extreme weather.
• Known as the Poor Man's Barometer, Dandelions and tulips flowers close when atmospheric pressure decreases and rain is on the way.
• “When sheep gather in a huddle, tomorrow will have a puddle.” - Have you ever seen sheep in a severe storm?  If they don't have shelter they tend to huddle together.  They don't wait until the storm starts to start gathering together.
• "Red sky at night, sailor's delight.  Red sky in morning, sailor take warning."   -  Red sunsets are usually followed by dry nights.  A red morning sky means rain is headed your way.
• "A sun-shiny shower, won't last half an hour."  -  Basically this means sun showers are short.  If you actually needed help with this one you should probably just give up now.
• Known as the Poor Man's Barometer, Dandelions and tulips flowers close when atmospheric pressure decreases and rain is on the way.
• "Mackerel scales and mare's tails make tall ships carry low sails."  - Basically, mackerel scales are cumulus clouds that look like scales.  They look like scales because winds are flattening them out and this typically means high winds are on the way so ships better lower their sails to save their masts from breaking or being damaged.
• "Coming storms cause shooting corns."  -  Old aches and pain, all those old war wounds or sports injuries are your own built in ways of telling you rain or snow is on the way.

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