May formerly was sacred to Apollo; The ancients little thought of what would follow- Should ere by Fate be made the fete of "Poles." WEATHER PROVERBS AND WEATHER WISDOM. 2nd Sunday after Easter. I Su 2 Mo 3 TUE 4 WE Oysters are not good in a month that hath not an R in it. Water in May is bread all the year. April and May are the keys of the year. 5 TH FRI 7 SAT 8 Su 9 Mo IO T II WE 12 TH 13 FRI 14 SAT 3rd Sunday after Easter. Ye Northe Easte windes, when ye winde turneth thither, if it is two dayës without rain, and turn not Southe ye thirde day, nor raine ye thirde day, then it is like to continue Northe Easte for eighte or nine dayës, and then come 15 Su 4th Sunday after Easter. 16 MO 17 TUE into ye Southe again; these nine days are usually faire. 18 WE If it turn from Southe to Northe Easte, again with 19 T1 raine, and continue Northe Easte without raine two dayës, 20 FRI and turn not Southe ye thirde day, nor raine ye thirde day, 21 SAT 22 Su Rogation Sunday. 23 Mo 24 TUE 25 WE 26 TH 27 FRI 28 SAT it is like to continue Northe Easte for two or three monthes for ye moste parte; ye windes will finishe these turns towardes Northe, in three weeks time. ye A swarm of bees in May is worth a load of hay; 29 Su Sunday after Ascension. 30 Mo 31 TUE A cold May enriches no one. DIAMETER OF CYCLONES. Cyclones extend over a circle from 100 to 500 miles in diameter, and sometimes 1000 miles. In the West Indies they are sometimes as small as 100 miles in diameter, but on reaching the Atlantic they dilate to 600 or 1000 miles. Sometimes, on the contrary, they contract in their progress, and while contracting they augment fearfully in violence. The violence of the wind increases from the margin to the centre, where the atmosphere is frequently quite calm. PROBABILITIES FOR MAY, 1881. Toward the end of the first week in May, or about the 5th and 6th, snow-falls may be looked for in the Lower Provinces, and about May 3rd frosts are probable in Central and Southern Illinois, with rain and snow prevailing in some localities. There will also, in all probability, be snow-falls through the Gulf and the St. Lawrence district about the 7th and 8th. After the 10th day, however, hot weather may be expected, and after the 15th bush fires will probably break out in certain districts, although thunder-storms are also probable on the 13th and 15th. Between the 20th and 25th there will probably be cloudy weather with rains, and vegetation will have advanced considerably by the 24th of the month. and the 25th the weather probably will be cool. flies in Montreal will be reported about the month will end hot and sultry. Between the 20th The arrival of shad 27th or 28th. The 7 TUE 8 W 9 TH TO FRI II SAT 12 Su 13 Mo 14 TUE 15 WE 16 TH Juno and June so nearly are the same, WEATHER PROVERBS AND WEATHER WISDOM. And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, Ye Southe Weste windes, when ye windes hath been in North two monthes or more, for ye moste parte, and comethe to ye Southe, usually there are three or foure faire days at firste, and then ye fourth or fifthe day comethe raine, or ye Trinity Sunday. winde turned Northe, and continuethe dry still. If it return unto ye Southe within a day or two without raine, and turn Northward with raine, and return into ye 17 FRI Southe ye first and seconde day, as before, two or three 18 SAT 19 Su 1st Sunday Trinity. 20 Mo 21 TUE times together, after this sorte, then it is like to be in ye 22 W Southe or Southe-Weste two or three months together for 23 TH ye moste parte, as it was in ye Northe before; ye winde will finishe these turns in a fortnighte. 24 FR 25 SAT 26 Su 27 Mo 28 TUE 2nd Sunday after Trinity. A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night LARGE HAIL. Large hail seldom if ever falls except during thunder-storms. It falls at the commencement of the storm or during its continuance. It very rarely follows rain, especially if the rain has continued for some time. The area covered by the rain-storm is much larger than that covered by the hail, and the hail at any one place continues but a short time, generally only five or ten minutes, seldom so long as fifteen or twenty minutes. In the United States large hail falls chiefly in sum. mer and the latter part of spring. In India hail falls chiefly in the four months from February to May. PROBABILITIES FOR JUNE, :881. As already mentioned we do not attempt details respecting the weather beyond the month of May, six months being considered a sufficiently severe test of our theory, but in the following remarks on the general features probable for the Summer and Autumn months some trustworthy data have been made use of, and we feel tolerably confident as to its general accuracy. June is likely to prove warm, even hot and dry up to about the 10th or 12th days. Beyond these dates cool and showery weather is probable up to the 20th, and frosts are likely to be experienced pretty generally both in Canada and Northern States. A snow-fall is not improbable in mountainous regions. The neighborhood of the 22nd and 23rd days look, in the distance, particularly cool and frosty, while the 24th to 26th dates, on the contrary, smack of heat in many sections of the country. The neighborhood of the 29th is likely to prove stormy in Western Ontario and Western U. States, the storms being, in all probability, accompanied by thunder and lightning and hail. The month will end hot, in most parts, with threatening weather. I FRI 2 SAT This month Quintilis, or "the fifth," was reckoned, WEATHER PROVERBS AND WEATHER WISDOM. No tempest, good July, lest corn come off blue by. 3 Su 3rd Sunday after Trinity. 4 Mo 5 TUE 6 WE 7 TH 8 FRI 9 SAT Two potent elements combine 10 Su 4th Sunday after Trinity. II MO 12 TUE 13 WE 14 TH 15 FRI 16 SAT And if you get a dubious grip, From Pincher, Snap or Toby, 17 Su 5th Sunday after Trinity. 18 Mo 19 TUE 20 WE 21 TH 22 FRI 23 SAT 24 Su 25 Mo 26 TUE 27 WE 28 TH 29 FRI 30 SAT If ye miste arise from rivers or pondës, and then vanishe away, faire weather. If from thence to ye hill tops, raine ye same day, or two dayës after. 6th Sunday after Trinity. If a general miste before sun risynge, neare full moon, signifies faire weather. But if such a miste in ye new of ye moon, signifies raine in ye olde of ye moon. But in ye olde of ye moon, signifies raine in ye new. 31 Su 7th Sunday after Trinity. EVAPORATION AT ALL TEMPERATURES. Evaporation proceeds at all temperatures, even the lowest. If during the coldest weather of winter we weigh a lump of ice, and then expose it in the open air on a clear day upon the north side of a building, we soon find that the ice has lost weight. So also in winter a large mass of snow often disappears without any appearance of liquefaction. Evaporation proceeds, although at a diminished rate, even when the thermometer stands below zero of Fahrenheit. |