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20 Surprising Ways to Predict the Weather

From coffee cups to crickets, discover these unusual weather predictors
Related: Earth

By Valerie Conners Aug 16, 2012

  • Zeusandhera via Flickr
    5 of 21

    Birds Flying Low in the Sky

    When a storm is approaching it's believed that birds fly lower in the sky. This may actually be the case. When the barometric pressure drops, flying at great heights becomes difficult for birds. The pressure drop is also believed to hurt birds' ears, prompting them to fly at a lower altitude. 

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wkirk54

You said "easterly winds, which blow from the east, can indicate a storm front is moving in, while winds blowing west mean good weather." Wouldn't blowing from the east be the same as blowing west or did you mean from the west?

April 16 2013 at 12:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
bitski68

One prediction you missed, long jet contrails predict rain!

March 10 2013 at 1:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
George Peabody

Strange things often happen, and we should calmly cope with them. Several years ago, when we needed rain desperately here in Arizona. I did a rain-dance every day for a week. It worked too well. There was severe rainfall and flooding in China, and several deaths there. I will never forgive myself, and will never rain- dance again.

February 09 2013 at 11:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
"Lenie"

i use my body..it always tells me what weather is coming..

January 16 2013 at 12:22 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
william.toth

IT IS THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, STUPID.

December 01 2012 at 1:45 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
redss67

I did not have this info yesterday so i counted the crickets chips til about 40 then shot the RAID in the corner. Now i`ll never Know

August 20 2012 at 11:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Obz3rv3r

This reminds me of a scene from the movie "Mean Girls":

Karen: Well, I'm kinda psychic. I have a fifth sense.
Cady: What do you mean?
Karen: It's like I have ESPN or something. My breasts can always tell when it's going to rain.
Cady: Really? That's amazing.
Karen: Well, they can tell when it's raining.

August 20 2012 at 7:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Passion Eve

Yes true, when my left knee became pain sometimes. My hand massaged my left knee. I can feel my left knee cold inside. Someone saw me and she told me :"Your knee is pain that mean Rain will come soon". I did think she is crazy. But it came true, Rain came. OMG! I am not kidding with y'all!

August 20 2012 at 5:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
walk1111

My left wrist (broken in the past) sure knows when there is bad weather coming.

August 20 2012 at 4:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
matutinalchia

Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and nobody knows the cause... hmm??

August 20 2012 at 2:34 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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