If ant hills are high in July, winter will be snowy.
If the first week in August is unusually warm, the coming winter will be snowy and long.
For every fog in August, there will be a snowfall the following winter.
Squirrel gathering nuts in a flurry will cause snow to gather in a hurry.
As high as the weeds grow, so will the bank of snow.
A green Christmas, a white Easter.
A warm October, a cold February.
If the first snowfall lands on unfrozen ground, winter will be mild.
A halo around the moon means it will rain or snow soon.
As many days’ old as is the moon on the first snow, there will be that many snowfalls by crop planting time.
See how high the hornet’s nest, ‘twill tell how high the snow will rest.
The higher the muskrats’ holes are on the riverbank, the higher the snow will be.
Onion skins very thin, mild winter coming in; onion skins thick and touch, coming winter cold and rough.