In times when there were no TV sets, radios and "weather forecasters" in the houses, people have been observing the animal and the natural world for centuries, carefully fixing everything to be able to predict a dry summer or a cold winter, a long autumn or a rainy spring. People's calendar with its signs and traditions usually did not fail, that's why in the modern world we often address it.
Signs of October about the weather
First of all, the weather signs for October are inextricably linked with the coming winter:
- The October thunder promises a little snowy short winter.
- If there is still a lot of foliage on the trees, the winter will also be short and warm.
- Migratory birds leaving the area in early October, say about the imminent arrival of cold and cold, but if the birds fly away at the end of the month, then we must wait for a long autumn and a mild winter.
- Collecting mushrooms until the last days of October means that the snow will not fall soon.
- Winter will come in 30 days after the first autumn snowfall.
Signs about the snow in October indicate the following:
- If the snow fell on dry land, then it will not be long;
- If the first snowfall was in the afternoon, then the "white carpet" will soon melt.
The national calendar, inextricably linked with Orthodox holidays, is also associated with weather signs , for example, according to him, thunder and lightning in October also promise a warm winter. The difference is that the predictions are clearly tied to specific dates:
- October 1 is Irina's Day : if cranes fly away on this day, then wait for frost on the Pokrov on October 14th.
- October 4 Kondrat Day : The weather of this day will last for a month.
- October 7 Day of Thekla Zarevnitsa : from now on the days are shorter and the nights are longer.
- October 9 Day of Ivan the Theologian : cold and rainy June promises warm weather on this date.
- October 14 Intercession of the Most Holy Theotokos : if the winds blow on this day from the north, then the winter will be cold, in the west - snowy, in the east - little snow.
- October 20 - Day of Sergius of Winter : winter will begin on November 21, if a month earlier it is snowing.
- October 23 Day of Evlampia : mud and slush on this day promise a long autumn.
- October 27 Paraskeva Dirty Day : dry weather predicts a warm summer without rain.
In fact, the October signs are connected not only with the winter, but also predict some natural phenomena of spring. For example, it is believed that if in the middle of the fall a lot of snow falls, then in the spring it will very long come down from the fields.
To believe or not to believe in people's signs , every person decides, but not to agree that in this weather calendar a deep meaning is laid, it is quite difficult.