Standing in his home office in Bethesda, Maryland, meteorologist Jagadish Shukla gestured at the high-resolution satellite map of India hung on the wall. It shows every groove of his home country’s ...

Want to know how bad this winter might be? You could look at the latest forecast. Or you could turn to the woolly bear ...

Hand picking up persimmon from a fall-colored tree - Emilija Manevska/Getty Images From inspecting the productivity of fruit trees and measuring the stripes on colorful caterpillars, to looking for ...

Before the advent of weather tech, people relied on natural signs to predict winter conditions. But how accurate were they?

As winter approaches, it helps to know when to pack a parka or rain gear. AccuWeather has the skinny on what regions will see ...

As La Niña takes hold over the U.S., national forecasters have released updated predictions for how the phenomenon will affect our weather over the next three months.

These fables are not rooted in science but claim acorns and falling leaves indicate upcoming winter conditions. Persimmon seeds are a popular old wives' tale indicator for winter weather severity. Can ...

The Farmers' Almanac called for "stormy with above-normal amounts of winter precipitation and near-to above-normal ...

Can fall folklore predict the upcoming winter's characteristics? Just as a tradition says a groundhog can predict the end of winter, there are also superstitions ahead of the colder months about ...

Some folklore also suggests that an animal's fur can show how harshly the winter weather will strike. Some believe that a very bushy squirrel tail points to a colder winter because a bushy tail will ...