A List of Russian Weather Proverbs

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There's a noise in the oak grove - The weather will be good.
Wind blows at night - It will rain tomorrow.
After a long and strong storm - A lot of rain (or snow, if it's winter).
Wind blows after a long lull - Rain is coming (or snow, if it's winter).
Wind blew in the same direction for a long time,
and then started to blow in another direction -
Rain is coming.
Clouds are low - The weather will worsen.
The sun went down in a cloud
after a sunny day -
Expect bad weather.
There are just a few stars in the sky - The weather will be bad.
The moon is pale - It will rain soon.
The sun is pale at sunset - There will be rain tomorrow.
The smokes from chimneys go
down to the ground -
The weather will be bad.
Salt becomes damp- Expect rain.
The moon has a halo around it - It will rain soon.
The sun is in a halo - Rain is coming.
Ants are hiding into an ant-hill - Bad weather is approaching.
A spider is lazy and motionless - It will rain soon.
Swallows are flying low - It will rain soon.
Rooks are flying high in the sky - It will rain soon.
After good weather
the sky is wavy with small clouds -
It will rain soon.
Sunset is clear during frosty weather - The frost will get stronger.
There's a pillar of light
coming from the sun at sunset -
The weather will be frosty.
The sun has "ears"
and the stars are bright at night -
Heavy frost is coming.
Sparrows are chirping - A thaw is coming.
A dog lies down on the snow - A thaw is coming.
Swallows are flying high - The weather will be good.
Smokes from chimneys go straight up
( in the winter) -
The weather will be good.
Hoar-frost at night - A sunny day tomorrow.
Swarms of flying fire-flies - The weather will be good.
North wind -
It'll be very cold (in the winter);
A bright and cool day (in the summer).
East wind - It'll rain for a long time.
South or west wind -
The weather will be nasty (in the
summer); warm (in the winter).
Southwest wind -
The weather will stay nasty
for a long time.
Pile clouds are coming from the north - Rain is coming.
Pile clouds are coming from the west - The weather will soon get nasty.
Clear weather on Stylite the Farewell-to-Summer
Day (September 14) -
Indian summer will be warm,
the fall will be windy.
Nasty weather on Stylite the Farewell-to-Summer
Day (September 14) -
The weather will be dry.
North wind on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
It'll be cold soon.
East or west wind on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
It'll rain soon.
South wind on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
It'll be warm soon.
Fog on Eustathius the Windblower Day
(October 3) -
Summer will be late,
fall will be warm.
The first snowfall is on Sergiy Radonezhskiy's
Day (October 8) -
Winter will come on Archangel Michael's Day
(November 21).
It's raining on Kazan' icon of Theotokos
Day (November 4) -
Winter will come soon.
The roads are muddy on Martyr James' Day
(November 14) -
Don't expect frosty weather
until December.
Hoar-frost on Archangel Michael's Day
(November 21) -
Expect heavy snowfalls.
Fog on Archangel Michael's Day (November 21) - Expect warm weather.
Trees are covered with hoar-frost on Antoni's
Day (November 22) -
Expect frosts.
Fog on Antonius' Day (November 22) - Expect warm weather.
Rain or snow on Ven Nilus the Faster Day
(November 25) -
Expect a thaw before the Day of Entry of Mary
the God-bearer in Temple (December 4).
The snow is on the ground on Gurias' Day
(November 28) -
The snow will stay until
the spring flood.
The first snow lay on dry ground
before the last leaves fell from the trees -
The snow will melt soon.
The edges of melting snow around a tree are steep Spring will be cold.
The edges of melting snow around a tree
are gently sloping -
Summer will be warm.
It's warm in mid March - Summer will be warm.
Nasty weather throughout fall - Spring will be rainy.
It's warm and dry in September - Winter will come late.
It's cold in September - The snow will melt off in March.
The first snowfall comes early in the fall - Spring will come early.
North or east wind on Protection Theotokos Day
(October 14) -
Expect cold winter.
South wind on Protection Theotokos Day
(October 14)-
Expect warm winter.
West wind on Protection Theotokos Day
(October 14)-
Expect snowy winter.
Wind changes direction on Protection Theotokos
Day (October 14)-
There will be different kinds
of weather in the winter.
Birch and oak have no leaves by Protection
Theotokos Day (October 14)-
Winter will be warm.
Birch and oak still have leaves on Protection
Theotokos Day (October 14)-
Winter will be cold.
The first snowfall on Sergius the Winter Starter
Day (October 20) -
Winter will come on Archangel Michael's
Day (November 21).
It's warm on Martyr Demetrius of Salona Day
(November 8) -
Winter will be damp.
It's snowing on St. Paul the Confessor Day
(November 19) -
WInter will be snowy.
It's cloudy or snowing on Philemon's Day
(December 27) -
The weather in May will be nasty .
It's hot in July - It'll be cold in December.
Little snow in the winter - Summer will have little rain.
Heavy snowfalls in the beginning of winter -
Heavy rains in the beginning
of next summer.
Snowy winter - Long spring, rainy summer.
Warm winter - Cold summer.
Dry and cold winter - Dry and hot summer.
It's cold in February - Summer will be pleasant.

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