Lightning in the North indicates rain in twenty-four hours. Lightning in the South low on the horizon indicates dry weather. (Kansas.)
North Star.
Lightning under North Star will bring rain in three days.
NW. Thunder.
Thunder-storm from NW. is followed by fine, bracing weather; but thunder and lightning from NE. indicates sultry, unsettled weather. (Observer at Santa Fé).
North Thunder.
Thunder in the north indicates cold weather and rain from the west.
If the first thunder is in the north, aha! the bear has stretched his left leg in his winter bed.
North Wind.
With a north wind it seldom thunders.