August Weatherlore & Quotes
August is the final month of meteorological summer (the warmest three months of the year). It often brings mixed emotions as well as mixed weather. There are usually hot and humid spells, and a...
View ArticleEarly Winter Weather Folklore
Early January is perhaps a time that you make some predictions about what the year ahead will offer in all aspects of life. Will we make more money, will it be a happy year, will we get healthier,...
View ArticleFebruary Fun Facts
February is a month that some dread. There are those who don’t like winter and February might seem to drag on with clouds, cold, and snow. To others it is a month of optimism as daylight...
View ArticleHoliday Time Weather Folklore
The Holidays roughly coincides with the start of the winter season here in the Upper Midwest. As such you might expect that weather folklore and the Holidays have been merged together over...
View ArticleBird Habits Predict the Weather?
One of the great things that happens in the spring is the return of many birds to our region. Some of course are just migrating through on their way to their summer nesting grounds in Canada....
View ArticleFall Weather Proverbs
Everybody has been talking to me and the rest of the TV-9 weather staff about what kind of winter might be coming. While that is a very tough question and we have some scientific reason to believe...
View ArticleGroundhog Forecast Accuracy?
Of course Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania and Jimmy the Groundhog in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin did not see their shadows this year. Folklore has it that we will have an early spring. They might just...
View ArticleWeather Folklore Dealing with Rain
Since we have had so many days with rain this spring and summer I thought it would be fun to pull up some weather folklore that dabbles in predicting rain. Hey, this would be a good year to test...
View ArticleMarch in like a lamb? Or is it lion?
I wonder who came up with the phrase, “March in like a lamb, out like a lion”, or “March in like a lion, out like a lamb”? Regardless of who claims credit to that, it sure gets talked about. In my...
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