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2143 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING FOR DEW
Brush your hand over the grass well after sunset. If it is dry, the next day will be too wet for haying.
Retired dairy farmer in Albany, Vermont
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Current Rating: 4.5 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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2119 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
CHECKING SPIDERWEBS
If in the evening you can find beads of dew on spiderwebs, the next day will bring good, dry haying weather.
Retired dairy farmer in Albany, Vermont
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Current Rating: 4.3 out of 10 based on 13 reviews
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2095 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
AVERAGING THE WEATHER
The average of the average temperatures across North America is usually fairly even. When it's cold in the west, it's warm in the east, and vice versa.
Walter Pitkin, literary agent, Weston, Connecticut
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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WATCHING BIRDS
If you see birds rotating way up - turning small, tight circles and not clapping their wings - you're going to get a blow.
Alec Wilkinson, The New Yorker, quoting Raymond Duarte, Provincetown, Massachusets
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Current Rating: 3.9 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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WATCHING HORSES YAWN
When a horse yawns, the weather's going to change.
Rita Pitkin, Albany, Vermont
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Current Rating: 4.0 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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2023 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE NEW HAMPSHIRE RULE OF DROUGHT
If the ash buds before the oak, look for fire and smoke. If the oak buds before the ash, look for a summer splash!
Mr. and Mrs. Strearns Smalley, Wonalancet, New Hampshire
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1999 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
FOLLOWING FALL
On the east coast of the United States, the fall foliage change moves south by 50 miles a day.
Margaret Wagner, Brooklyn, New York
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Current Rating: 5 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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WAITING FOR THE FIRST FROST
The first frost will come six weeks after you hear the first cricket.
Fred Brehm, vegetable grower, Dilltown, Pennsylvania
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Current Rating: 4.2 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1951 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb thumb
LISTENING TO CHICKADEES
The warm weather of spring has finally arrived when the chickadees change their cry from "chick a dee dee dee" to "dee dee."
Ronald and Christine Newberry, Cayutaville, New York
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Current Rating: 4.8 out of 10 based on 15 reviews
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1927 Weather thumb thumb thumb thumb
THE FAMOUS RULE OF SUNSET
Red sun at night, sailor's delight; red sun in the morning, sailor take warning.
Isabel T. Coburn, authority at large, Pemaquid Beach, Maine
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Current Rating: 4.4 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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WATCHING YOUR COWS
Expect a storm when your cows become agitated, start to bawl, and head for the barn.
Anonymous talk-show respondent, Burlington, Iowa
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Current Rating: 5.1 out of 10 based on 16 reviews
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