cold weather is on the way because...

[Floatylight]

Where the rain doth fall in abundance in Summer so the cold and snow will follow in Winter!

wow if thats true?

A couple of sayings I found.

Sharks go out to sea at the approach of a wave of cold weather.

Ice in November to bear a duck,

The rest of the winter'll be slush and muck.

When there are lots of berries on the dogberry tree,

it means its going to be a bad winter!

And this one reminded me of this year!

Dirty days hath September

April June and November

From January up to May

The rain it raineth every day

All the rest have thirty-one

Without a blessed gleam of sun

And if any of them had two-and-thirty

They'd be just as wet and twice as dirty.

Liked those very much thanks x

[Mark Neal.]

...... The Express are warning of a heatwave = must mean a harsh winter is to enfold.

[Bumpkin]

Where the rain doth fall in abundance in Summer so the cold and snow will follow in Winter!

sceptical about that one, 2007 was a wash out and the winter was certainly poor here.

[Thundery wintry showers]

My favourite one was the notion that we'd get a white Christmas in the Tyne and Wear area (in the sense of significant lying snow at some point during the day) if Daffy Duck's Quackbusters was broadcast on TV. That piece of weather lore had a 100% success rate from 1993-2008 but failed abysmally in 2009 and more especially 2010.

Edited November 10, 2012 by Thundery wintry showers

[Bumpkin]

...... The Express are warning of a heatwave = must mean a harsh winter is to enfold.

I'm still waiting for the Indian summer we were supposed to get about a month ago

[Mark Neal.]

I'm still waiting for the Indian summer we were supposed to get about a month ago

me too lol, very very unlikely to happen.

[Bumpkin]

If the cat turned her tail to the fire, we were to have a hard frost.

Many Haws, cold toes

Against the times of snow or hail, or boist'rous windy storms; she frisks about and wags her tail, And many tricks performs. (cat)

[Skeggy Winter Storm]

There was loads of geese on lake near me last year theres hardly any now could b other reasons though

[EML Network]

In 2010 I spontaneously decided to grow a beard in November, look what happened! Does that count?

HA HA HA so did I, and you know I have done the same this November too, but had you not mentioned November 2010 I wouldn't have remembered I did it in Nov 2010 ...so here's hoping (although my Missus wants me to ditch the beard, worryingly it's reminding her of her dad)

[snow-witch]

A few more folklores:

The more fog in August the more Snowfall in Winter

Thunder in November, bitter cold to follow

Spiders building thicker nests and trying to invade homes sign of a cold winter

Snow escaping from the chimney and flowing to the ground - snow within 26 days (or a fine from the environment agency for pollution)

and back on the subject of bees:

bees to the hive early - evidence of a freezing winter

[BlueSkies_do_I_see]

If the mole digs its hole 2½ feet deep, expect severe weather; if two feet deep, not so severe; if one foot deep, a mild winter.

I'll be digging up the mole hills on my father in law's lawn tomorrow morning to check then!

[fizz511]

If the mole digs its hole 2½ feet deep, expect severe weather; if two feet deep, not so severe; if one foot deep, a mild winter.

I'll be digging up the mole hills on my father in law's lawn tomorrow morning to check then!

You'll be less popular than the moles.......

[BlueHedgehog074]

I bet if the mole hole was 3 feet, or even 4 feet deep, it would probably bring us the most serverist Winter weather we'll have ever dreamed off, with a Winter even more powerful than the 1962/63 one. ;-)

[ARTDEMOLE]

great one,where did you get this from,?

and will it be windy in the n/west tomm?lol

downgardenservices.org.uk

Natural Weather Indicators and Folklore

Most months spoken for on this site.Booked marked for ages....

[sebastiaan1973]

Lots of Bohemian Waxwings overhere in the Netherlands. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_Waxwing

Edited November 11, 2012 by sebastiaan1973

[Coast]

An American site with possible Winter indicators, are any of these applicable tot he UK?

http://weather.about.com/od/weatherfolklore/tp/Winter-Weather-Folklore.htm

[snow-witch]

A couple more of nature's indicators of a hard winter:

Weeds growing taller than usual in summer.

Squirrels building their nests low in the trees

Fur on rabbits' feet growing thicker than usual

[mcweather]

A cold winter is on the way beacause as the old saying goes.

'If the wind is north west on St Martins Day a hard winter is on the way'

St Martins day being today 11th November and the flow being northwesterly I'd say thats another 47 or 63 nailed on.

[Floatylight]

An American site with possible Winter indicators, are any of these applicable tot he UK?

http://weather.about...er-Folklore.htm

well i suppose,nature preparing for winter is the same everywhere?

[Methuselah]

Anyone know how the hedgehogs are behaving?

[Eskimo]

I bet if the mole hole was 3 feet, or even 4 feet deep, it would probably bring us the most serverist Winter weather we'll have ever dreamed off, with a Winter even more powerful than the 1962/63 one. ;-)

You seriously wouldn't want that, be careful what you wish for!

[crimsonp]

Anyone know how the hedgehogs are behaving?

i haven't seen any hedgys this year.... there seems to be an influx of robins though.... the russian ones at that!!

[BlueHedgehog074]

You seriously wouldn't want that, be careful what you wish for!

You're probably right to be fair. The idea of journeying home from work with super freezing temperatures of, let's say, - 20*C with constant blizzards gusting upto 150 mph would probably be no fun. At all (lol).

[matty40s]

Anyone know how the hedgehogs are behaving?

They've been a bit spiky this week.

[Polar Bear]

i haven't seen any hedgys this year.... there seems to be an influx of robins though.... the russian ones at that!!

Know what you mean about the Robins...very confident and chatty little fellas too I see ......one was in a tree right next to where i parked my car at the gym last week . Small tree and he must have been about an arms length away whilst I rumaged around in the boot.. he carried on chat chat chatting...didnt move

Edited November 11, 2012 by Polar Bear