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Is it a good sign if it rains on August 15th?

Raining on August 15th is not a good sign. Raining on August 15th indicates that it will rain continuously in the near future.

August 15th is the Mid-Autumn Festival, just before and after the autumnal equinox. People enter the busy autumn harvest season. They don’t like continuous rain, but long for sunshine. However, the proverb says: It rains in mid-autumn in August, and there is more rain after the festival. That is to say, if it rains on the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th, it will still rain continuously and frequently after the Mid-Autumn Festival. In this case, it is actually detrimental to the harvest of autumn crops.

Especially in the vast northern areas, corn, sorghum, peanuts, sweet potatoes, soybeans, millet, rice, etc. are all facing harvest season. This proverb is a reminder from our ancestors that people should not forget to watch the weather changes during the holidays, take timely response measures, harvest and plant in time, and ensure a bumper harvest in autumn.

Weather Forecast

It rains on August 15th, which indicates that it will snow on the 15th day of the first lunar month of the following year. It rained on August 15th. From a close look, it rained for several days in a row, which was not conducive to the autumn harvest. However, in the long run, weather changes on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month can be predicted. The proverb says: The stars rain on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, and the snow lights up the lights on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Rain stars: that is to say, the raindrops are not heavy, just a few stars, a pattering, and no heavy rain. This means that on the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first lunar month next year, snowflakes will arrive and it will be snowy weather.

Of course, in the vast areas of the south, it may be drizzle. Some also say: Clouds cover the Mid-Autumn Moon, and rain lights up the lanterns. In fact, the meanings are basically the same and they are all corresponding to each other. If dark clouds cover the moon on the Mid-Autumn Festival, rain will fall on the Lantern Festival. Rain on August 15th indicates clear weather and sunshine during the winter solstice (the above content is for reference only).