Weather Proverbs - Revised

by Freier G

Explains a range of weather proverbs with scientific background information, discusses how weather affects people and plants, and provides a brief introduction to meteorology

224 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Will Waller · Rating 1 out of 5]

whew boy. I don't know who gave me this book. It was given to me in high school. Why? It's real dry and almost impossible to decipher. Not a text book. Not a humor book. No even really helpful. Hard pass. Doubtful it's still in print though.

Tldr: people make proverbs from weather.

[Eli · Rating 3 out of 5]

I legitimately thought I might never finish this book. It was the weirdest thing: when discussing weather proverbs, Dr. Freier was an engaging and interesting writer who pulled me along eagerly. Once he got into the meteorological section, explaining the scientific phenomena that underpinned the proverbs, the writing got soooo dry and boring (and oddly obsessed with lightning) that I could barely slog through. But I've been struggling with insomnia lately, and this book happened to be on my nightstand. Turns out that about 10 pages of the end of this helped me fall asleep faster than just about anything.

5 stars for the proverbs. 2 for the end chapters.