{"id":5462,"date":"2018-02-27T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2018-02-27T01:23:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T01:23:16","slug":"how-true-are-weerspreuken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/how-true-are-weerspreuken\/","title":{"rendered":"How True Are Weerspreuken?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/lets-predict-the-weather-with-weerspreuken\/\">Last month, we looked at\u00a0<em>weerspreuken<\/em><\/a> &#8211; weather proverbs. We tried to predict the weather with the\u00a0<em>weerbericht\u00a0<\/em>(weather forecast) for the next 14 days. The\u00a0<em>weerspreuken\u00a0<\/em>made predictions for February as well &#8211; let&#8217;s have a look at whether the\u00a0<em>weerspreuken\u00a0<\/em>from January about February checked out&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How True Were The\u00a0<em>Weerspreuken\u00a0<\/em>For February?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Snow In Maastricht, The Netherlands\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gtljuEThN5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><em>Januari zonder regen, is voor de boerenstand een zegen.<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>January without rain, is a blessing for the farming classes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Rain was predicted and came in January. That is supposedly a bad thing for farmers. However, the freezing temperatures &#8211; leading to\u00a0<em>vorst\u00a0<\/em>(frost) &#8211; are apparently not so bad for\u00a0<em>boeren\u00a0<\/em>(farmers). In fact,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rtvnoord.nl\/nieuws\/190712\/Akkerbouwers-hopen-op-dertig-centimeter-vorst\"><em>boeren\u00a0<\/em>want temperatures as cold as -10\u00b0C (14\u00b0F)!<\/a> Why? At such\u00a0<em>temperaturen\u00a0<\/em>(temperatures), the\u00a0<em>vorst\u00a0<\/em>creeps deeper into the\u00a0<em>akkers\u00a0<\/em>(fields), where the\u00a0<em>ijskristallen\u00a0<\/em>(ice crystals) expand. This makes the\u00a0<em>kleigrond\u00a0<\/em>(clay soil) a lot\u00a0<em>losser\u00a0<\/em>(looser). This is very beneficial for the\u00a0<em>gewassen\u00a0<\/em>(crops) that are planted in the\u00a0<em>voorjaar\u00a0<\/em>(spring).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>So this\u00a0<em>weerspreuk\u00a0<\/em>does not appear to be accurate!<\/strong><\/span> Unless January&#8217;s negative weather implications go further than just February&#8230; Let&#8217;s just knock on wood and hope for the best!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><em>Heeft januari koude en droge dagen, dan zal in februari de sneeuw u plagen.<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If January has cold and dry days, then February shall plague you with snow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The weather was wet and not very cold, which should mean that we should not get snow in February. Yet the opposite is true. Earlier this month, there was quite some snowfall in the Netherlands, and just yesterday, Monday, February 26th, there was some substantial white covering the low lands!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>So this\u00a0<em>weerspreuk\u00a0<\/em>is not true.<\/strong> <\/span>Or at least it was not this year. Well, let&#8217;s say it is pretty poor at explaining the weather.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><em>Geef januari een sneeuwtapijt, dan zijn we gauw de winter kwijt.<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If January gives a snow carpet, then we will be done with the winter soon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There was no snow in January, so the prediction was that we will\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>be done with the winter soon. And that is right! The winter is here now: We have dry, sunny but quite cold weather, and the occasional snow. The winter has come!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">So this\u00a0<em>weerspreuk\u00a0<\/em>is accurate!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><em>Als het vriest op St. Sebastiaan (20 januari), dan is het op 2 februari met de vorst gedaan.<\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>If it is freezing on St. Sebastian (January 20), then there will be no more frost after February 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We just need freezing temperatures, then we will have no more frost after February 2nd! That is good news&#8230; Especially because the\u00a0<em>weersverwachting\u00a0<\/em>predicts 0\u00b0C (32\u00b0F) on that day. If it stays like that or even goes below zero, we might get lucky!<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<em>weersverwachting\u00a0<\/em>was right: On January 20, we had frost. Even though it really was just 0\u00b0C (32\u00b0F). But this also means that this\u00a0<em>weerspreuk\u00a0<\/em>is wrong. We have\u00a0<em>vorst\u00a0<\/em>right now &#8211; and it is long past February 2!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>So this\u00a0<em>weerspreuk\u00a0<\/em>is not accurate.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>So: of 4\u00a0<em>weerspreuken<\/em>, 1 is accurate, 2 are not and 1 may actually not be accurate if it predicts anything beyond February. Shaky result! It does not make me want to trust these\u00a0<em>weerspreuken\u00a0<\/em>too much&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5463\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT.jpg\" aria-label=\"DSC9192 EDIT 1024x683\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5463\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5463\"  alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-1024x683.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There was some heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures yesterday (February 26) in Maastricht (Image by Author)<\/p><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Did you expect the\u00a0<em>weerspreuken\u00a0<\/em>to be accurate? How accurate were the\u00a0<em>weerspreuken\u00a0<\/em>in your country? Let me know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/02\/DSC9192_EDIT.jpg 1699w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Last month, we looked at\u00a0weerspreuken &#8211; weather proverbs. We tried to predict the weather with the\u00a0weerbericht\u00a0(weather forecast) for the next 14 days. The\u00a0weerspreuken\u00a0made predictions for February as well &#8211; let&#8217;s have a look at whether the\u00a0weerspreuken\u00a0from January about February checked out&#8230; How True Were The\u00a0Weerspreuken\u00a0For February? 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