Nature Signs for the 1998-99 Winter Season
As Reported By KSL Viewers
- Scipio Indians
The more blue-coned bristle pine berries, the heavier the snow.
This year in Provo, lots of berries!
MEANING: Lots of snow! - Millcreek Canyon
The hummingbirds left around September 3rd.
They usually leave around September 15th.
MEANING: Earlier than usual storminess. - Becky in Richfield
The layers of corn husks at harvest indicates the severity of the coming winter.
3-4 layers = mild winter
5-7 layers = average winter
8-9 layers = heavy winter
This year 10-11 layers!
MEANING: VERY snowy winter! - Layne in Salt Lake City
Lots of geese migrating early this year.
MEANING: Early or hard winter. - Misty in Ogden
When the skins on the onions are tough or hard it is going to be a hard, snowy winter.
This year the onion skins are hard and tough.
MEANING: A hard, snowy winter. - Brett in Springville
The bigger the acorns, the harder the upcoming winter.
This year the acorns are the biggest he has seen.
MEANING: A very stormy winter. - Clark in Salt Lake City
The heavier the winter coat on his wolf-Malamute dog, the worse the winter.
This year his dog has a heavy coat.
MEANING: A bad winter. - Lyle in the Uintas
The tree rings on a 400+ year old tree in the Uintas shows a pattern of 3 wet years followed by 7 dry years.
The last two years have been wet.
MEANING: A snowy winter! - Claudia in Summit Park
When the squirrels start early and store many nuts, it will be a hard winter.
This year the squirrels have been storing FRANTICALLY.
MEANING: A long, hard winter. - Dan in Delta
The height of the ant hills in the fields indicates the severity of the upcoming winter. A level hill means a mild winter. A high hill means a wet winter.
This year the ant hills are very high.
MEANING: A stormy winter. - Uintah Basin
If the caterpillars are extra wooly it means a stormy winter.
This year the caterpillars are not very wooly.
MEANING: A mild winter.
