Did you know the Dog Days of summer end tomorrow?
I always thought the Dog Days of summer were all in August, but it turns out they are from July 3 to August 11. In Ancient Rome, it was a time when dogs and men went crazy with the heat, and it’s when Sirius (the dog star) rises in the morning.
The end of the Dog Days doesn’t mean that summer is over or that the hot days are gone. Instead, August brings its own weather lore. The following list comes from a lovely website called gardendigest.com, where you can find plenty of monthly quotes and seasonal gardening advice (which I never use.) I wonder what sort of winter we will have based on today.
August Weather Lore
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 in Winter.
If a cold August follows a hot July,
It foretells a Winter hard and dry.