9 April Weather Lore Sayings

Spring is a crazy time for weather, especially April! Check out some of these April weather lore sayings. How many of these do you know?

by Farmers' Almanac Staff Updated: February 1, 2024

To celebrate this season’s crazy weather, here are some April weather lore sayings you may not have heard before (and one you most definitely have!):

1. If it thunders on All Fool’s Day, it brings good crops of corn and hay.

2. A cold May and a windy April, a full barn.

3. The louder the frog, the more the rain.

4. If the oak is out before the ash then we are in for a splash,
But if the ash is out before the oak we are in for a soak.

5. March’ll search ye, April try ye; May’ll tell, whether live or die ye.

6. Rain before seven, fine before eleven.

7. Sounds traveling far and wide; a rainy day will betide.

8. A cow with its tail to the west, makes weather the best; a cow with its tail to the east, makes weather the least.

9. A cold and moist April fills the cellar and fattens the cow.

And then the one we all know:
April Showers Bring May Flowers.

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