LOL ~ that thought had crossed my heat broiled brain too.
C'mon fall!!!
Weather Forecasting Folklore
Well,I don't know about cicadas... but my old-timer/friend Buster said today everything since June has been at least a month earlier than usual, so it wouldn't surprise him for winter to be early too.
It was early last year here, at least - snow at the beginning of December!
Whew, finally was able to get this page to load!
Welcome Crit! Don't know much about the history of my town name. We're transplants here and can't find much info.
Heard the first cicadas 2-3 weeks ago. Can't imagine having a frost the 2nd week of September, but anythings possible.
I've had the same problem with earlier than usual stuff. Junebearer strawberries produced in May. May Peonies bloomed in April. All the cole crops did fantastic till early May, then bit the dust. Hate to see winter coming, but I'm sure sick of the heat. However...knock on wood...this week has been wonderful, temperature-wise.
I need to go back and read this whole thread, because I've forgotten most everything mentioned.
My hometown was named for the Caney River that runs outside of town and Caney Indians that use to live along it.
Didn't see any info re the weather and corn silks. My grandmother always said thicker corn silks meant a colder winter.
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Also according to folk legend, when you hear the first song of the dog-day cicadas, it means there's just six weeks until frost.
The only cicadas I’ve heard were screaming as they fell out of the sky on flaming wings. The sun/heat has been a real basket this year. I agree with Pod … come on fall!
I recently heard some older folks at a cafe discussing their weather lore...they where discussing that the first hard freeze happens 90 days after the first summer cold front. .....I didn't stick around long enough to hear how they determined the first one.
Been too busy to notice any of the folklore signs, but I did notice that some of our trees have leaves falling off and changing color already. It's hard to imagine having a really hard winter, after this summer of excessive heat. Why can't it just be mild winter with warmer than average temps? I know...wishful thinking. LOL!
I think that is what the Old Farmers Almanac has said lies ahead. We'll see...
Sunshines2day ~ "summer cold front" sounds like a contradiction in terminology. I had to chuckle when I read that.
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Been too busy to notice any of the folklore signs, but I did notice that some of our trees have leaves falling off and changing color already. It's hard to imagine having a really hard winter, after this summer of excessive heat. Why can't it just be mild winter with warmer than average temps? I know...wishful thinking. LOL!
I have leafs turning colors and falling also but I think it’s more from the heat that anything else. I since we didn’t get any rain yesterday I will have to start soaking my plum trees this morning. The leafs are looking bad and starting to curl. I just wish we would get a good soaking rain.
Yes, good, slow and soaking... for a few days. Or at least till we cry uncle!
Pod, what are your predictions on this coming winter?
Not a weather prognosticator here, sorry. I've not even heard the old timers make a comment this year.
Even the normal indicators may be upside down here as there is much oil/gas activity going on in this neck of the woods.
Early Frost; Early Winter
Gonna throw my 2c worth in here. We went from 100+ one week to 80's the next week ... now back to the 100's. I'd say that was our 'summer cold front', and 90 days would be the end of November. Sounds about right.
I don't know the difference between a 'dog-day cicada' and a plain ole noisy cicada, but I know they have been howling here! Don't think we will have frost as early as mid October. However, I have seen it snow on Oct. 22 here. I remember 'cause it is a friends birthday. Didn't snow a lot or stick much, but still snowed.
I've seen the leaves turn and fall early because of the lack of water and heat. It is a coping mechanism, conserving it's energy.
Crit,
...sounds about like it is here in Lubbock Texas
Ya'll are scaren me.
Pod, we got a whole almost a 1/2 inch this afternoon.
Raining all around us... we must not be paying the preacher enough.
So Lizards_Keep ~ what are your predictions on this coming winter?
Don’t know. Last winter and this summer have been so screwed up most anything can happen now. However I believe we are going to have an unusually cold and dry winter. I hope I’m wrong but I think our weather patterns are starting to change. I guess we will find out for sure when it happens.
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I've seen the leaves turn and fall early because of the lack of water and heat. It is a coping mechanism, conserving it's energy.
Yeah, my pear trees are really taking a beating right now. Everything else looks like it might do alright.
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My horse is a good indicator of weather. If his tail is wet, it's raining. If it is blowing out behind him, it's windy. LOL
Crit,
That's the most accurate indicator I'm seen on the entire thread. Too funny.
lizards_keep,
Keep lizards? (I'm a snake gal)
Naw, lizard is just a nickname I picked up years ago. Our place here is referred to as lizards keep by friends because of the abundance of lizards we have.
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Oh I see. Better than being called Rat. LOL
This is true. But I have been called worse over the years. }=0)
Texans are resilient. No matter how you name us :)
Yep, we’re just misunderstood by the rest of the world. Lol But right now I’m on cloud nine … we got a little over 2 and a half inches of rain this morning. We could use about ten more but I won’t complain about what we got. This has been one of hottest summers I can remember.
Amen... on the 'hottest' summer. DH says I am just getting old and not remembering.
Two and 6/10s inches here. We are finally blessed but always looking for more.
Starting Monday I think is our next chance of rain. Sure hope we get some more of it soon cause it’s going to take a bunch to get caught up. There’s what looks like light rain near us now on the radar but then again it might just be ground clutter. Must be getting a little over anxious after that first taste of rain the other day. lol
what is DH?
Sorry Crit ~ it's another one of those computer acronyms ~ Dear Husband. Somewhere here there is a thread that lists a bunch of them. I'll see if I can find it and link it.
Couldn't find a specific thread but here is a ton of them... some are pretty obscure and some you will see used frequently. There are plenty more but this is more than enough.
SASE = Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
LSASE = Large Self Addressed Stamped Envelope
BSASE or SASBE = Bubble Self Addressed Stamped Envelope or Self Addressed Stamped Bubble Envelope
WB - welcome back (LOL - laugh out loud
LOLOLOL - a belly laugh for sure
ROTFL or ROFL - rolling on the floor laughing
:) is a quick smile -
DH, DW - dear husband or dear wife
DS, DD - dear son, dear daughter
MIL, FIL, SIL, DIL, BIL - the inlaws (or as my brother-in-law and I call ourselves, the outlaws.) SIL can be son- or sister-in-law
TYVM - thank you very much
TTFN - ta ta for now - if you've ever watched Winnie the Pooh, you'll get that one. If not, it's just a way of saying goodbye.
((())) - or some number of parenthetical marks - it's a hug.
SO ..significant other
HTH=Hope this helps
TTYL=Talk to ya later
FOMCLOL=Falling outta my chair laughing out loud
addy - address (as in E-Mail)
AFK - Away From Keyboard
BBIAB - Be Back In A Bit
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BFN - Bye For Now
bg - big grin
BION - Believe It Or Not
BRB - Be Right Back
BTW - By The Way
CUA - Commonly Used Acronym(s) or Common User Access
CWYL - Chat With Ya Later
cya - see ya
eg - evil grin
FAQ - (list of) Frequently Asked Question(s)
FUD - (spreading) Fear, Uncertainty & Disinformation
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information
g - grin
G - big grin
GIGO - Garbage In, Garbage Out
GIWIST - Gee, I Wish I'd Said That
GMTA - Great Minds Think Alike
GR&D - Grinning, Running & Ducking
HHOK - Ha Ha, Only Kidding
HTH - Hope This Helps
HTHBE - Hope This Has Been Enlightening
IMHO - In My Humble Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IOW - In Other Words
IRL - In Real Life
ITRW - In The Real World
j/k - just kidding
JMHO - Just My Humble Opinion
OTOH on the other hand
Thanks podster. There are a bunch of those that I already use, but a BUNCH of them that are new to me. I've seen several on DG but didn't know what they meant. I just tried to figure them out. :-) I appreciate you taking the time to write all that out for me. You're a peach.
You are welcome but please, just ask any of us if you see something that makes no sense. I've been in the same boat.
New to the forum here learning quite a bit from everyone here, but I wanted to post one that I heard from my husbands grandpa.
When the flies get sticky frost is a couple weeks away
Didn't pay much attention to it but then I noticed come mid to late September the flies would circle and never leave you alone when we visited the farm. Sure enough a couple weeks later we had a light frost. Kinda scared about this winter though, the flies were sticky last week.
There is something to that fly business. Right before a cool front comes thru, we notice the flies cover up the large plate glass windows at work. They will flock indoors when the door gets opened. The weather change is predictable and your Grandpa in law is right on the money with this one!
And, welcome to this forum. Hope to see you often.... pod
Yep greetings seneisen and welcome.
Pod - we got another 3/4 inch Sunday. Maybe the dry spell is over for a while.
No way... no rain here.
And when will this humidity ever end?
I do NOT remember a summer this grim in recent years. (or is it just me ~lol)
Please remind me of that when I gripe about cold and shorter winter days.
Going back to my New England roots-the old yankees used to say that there wll be no frost 'till the wells are full.