Maine
It is raining cats and dogs!
Pennsylvania
(This is believed to be a mispronunciation of "cats and duck". The
Pennsylvanian Germans used to say, "It is raining to keep in the cats and
bring out the ducks". They also said, "It is snowing for cats and
ducks," which meant that the snowfall was sufficient to track a cat or a
duck through it. Eric Sloane)
When it rains while the sun shines, the devil is
beating his wife. He is laughing while his wife is crying.
New England
When it thunders, the mountain men are bowling.
New York, attributed to the Rip Van Winkle stories
When Lookout Mountain has its cap on, it will
rain in six hours.
Tennessee
When wild geese fly southeast, expect a blizzard.
Kansas
When ye see a cloud rise out of the west,
straightway ye say: There cometh a shower: and it is so
Luke, XII:54
Half the wood and half the hay
You should have on
Christmas day.
New England
When locks turn damp in the scalp house, it will
rain on the morrow.
American Indian
If you don’t like the weather in New England,
just wait a few minutes.
Mark Twain
