Don’t forget to include your location, too! That’s all there is to it! Now, cut open a persimmon and tell us what you see in the comments below.
#PERSIMMON SEED WEATHER INDICATOR HOW TO#
How to Predict Weather With a Persimmon Seedġ. Find a locally-grown persimmon. For the purposes of weather forecasting, you’ll want to get your hands on an American persimmon which has seeds. The American persimmon trees (Diospyros virginiana) grows wild in USDA Zones 4 to 9, while Japanese persimmon trees (Diospyros kaki) thrive in only the warmer part of that range-Zones 7 to 9. Before they’re ripe, the fruit has a very astringent taste, but this mellows as the fruit softens. Persimmons are small orange fruits that are less well known the plums or peaches, but they can be found in some grocery stores and farmers’ markets during autumn. Stephanie Morrissette is a library assistant at the reference and local history department at the Crawfordsville District Public Library.Advertisement What Is a Persimmon, Anyway? Remember, if you want the weather to change in Indiana, just wait five minutes!įor the meteorologically curious, visit our collection: The Old Farmer’s Almanac (031.02 Old) Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate by Michael Allaby (551.6 All) or Investigating Tornadoes by Elizabeth Elkins (digital print on Libby/Overdrive). Whether it’s weather prediction or superstition, the phrases we use to denote weather occurrences have proven to be true through time and trial. Additionally, squirrels’ nests high in trees give rise to deep snow. Persimmon trees also lend a winter calculation of seeds predicting winter spoon-shaped seeds mean deep snow, whereas knife-shaped seeds reveal cold harsh conditions. When wooly bear caterpillars (Isabella moth larvae), the orange and black ones, are everywhere it means a hard, cold winter. In our last season, winter has several sayings too. The fish scales are the clouds that overlap to appear scaly. In fact, my grandpa once told me that when we have “fish scale skies” rain is on the way in the next day or two. For instance, to get the temperature, count the chirps for fourteen seconds and add forty! This should be an estimated insect thermometer! We have all heard the saying, “Red sky in morning, sailor take warning (bad weather), or red sky at night, sailor’s delight (good weather). They are accurate thermometers as the faster they chirp, the higher the temperature, and the cooler the weather the slower the chirps. You can also tell the temperature by counting a cricket’s chirps.
Maple and oak trees demonstrate this most noticeably, but other species do it too. Trees in the wind are a good indicator of storms too if the wind blows the leaves upward and the undersides or lighter colored sides of the leaves show, rain is soon to follow. This is due to increased air pressure (change in barometric pressure) caused by a storm system moving into the area. What about the groundhog (or whistle-pig) who sees his shadow? Six more weeks of winter!īirds have been known to be weather indicators too when birds fly low in the sky a storm is approaching whereas in fair weather they fly higher in the sky.
#PERSIMMON SEED WEATHER INDICATOR WINDOWS#
If windows are swollen and the salt sticks in the shaker soon the weather will be an umbrella maker. We’ve all heard if cows are laying down, rain is coming, or a ring around the moon (actually called a sun dog) signals rain as well. Early appearances of butterflies lend to pleasant weather. In spring, the louder the frogs croak, the more rain we will receive. It seems there are sayings for every season.
Some of the photographs from these record phenomena are unbelievable even with evidence.Īnd all over the state, there are colloquialisms that relate to weather or just unusual phrases. Living in Indiana, I’ve always heard, “Wait five minutes and the weather will change.” It is seemingly true, given the daily fluctuations that keep our weather “moody.” It has led to some rather historical seasonal events, such as the Blizzard of 1978, the ice storm of 1998, and flooding along Sugar Creek in 2013.
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