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Where does weather lore come from, and can it be trusted? Pliny the Elder started penning weather lore in the first century AD and a glut of meteorological sayings has followed; some worthwhile and some just hot air. This image-led feature explains the scientific reasoning behind sayings that can be trusted, and rebuffs those that cannot.

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Clouds at sunset, Spain
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Jose B. Ruiz / Clouds at sunset, Spain
Lower Tamar Lake, north Devon / Cornwall border, UK. Early morning mist. April 08.
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Ross Hoddinott / Lower Tamar Lake, north Devon / Cornwall border, UK. Early morning mist. April 08.
DMan with frozen face after 45 mins in snowstorm. Agardh, Spitsbergen, Norway
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Asgeir Helgestad / DMan with frozen face after 45 mins in snowstorm. Agardh, Spitsbergen, Norway
Tourist wrapped up for Dogsledging in midwinter Lapland, Sweden, -40C.
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Staffan Widstrand / Tourist wrapped up for Dogsledging in midwinter Lapland, Sweden, -40C.
Hiker walking on the sea cliff on a misty day, Hermaness Nature Reserve, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
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Jouan & Rius / Hiker walking on the sea cliff on a misty day, Hermaness Nature Reserve, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Young boy in a yellow waterproof coat, cycling through a big puddle of water. Model released.
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Onne van der Wal / Young boy in a yellow waterproof coat, cycling through a big puddle of water. Model released.
People watching flood waters along a residential street in Stroud, Gloucestershire, July 2007
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Nick Turner / People watching flood waters along a residential street in Stroud, Gloucestershire, July 2007
Cars stranded in flood waters in Stroud, Gloucestershire during severe weather of June 2007
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Nick Turner / Cars stranded in flood waters in Stroud, Gloucestershire during severe weather of June 2007
A typical New England striped bass wind vane on a house in Cutty Hunk, Massachusetts, USA.
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Onne van der Wal / A typical New England striped bass wind vane on a house in Cutty Hunk, Massachusetts, USA.
Halo around the sun with gravestones + lighthouse in the foreground, Lundy Island, UK.
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Mark Taylor / Halo around the sun with gravestones + lighthouse in the foreground, Lundy Island, UK.
Cumulonimbus Clouds, Arizona, USA
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John Cancalosi / Cumulonimbus Clouds, Arizona, USA
Parhelion sun effect over Brunt ice shelf, Antarctica
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Doug Allan / Parhelion sun effect over Brunt ice shelf, Antarctica
Fisherman at dawn on River Bug, East Poland, Europe
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Artur Tabor / Fisherman at dawn on River Bug, East Poland, Europe
Sandymouth Bay beach at low tide at sunset, north Cornwall, UK. Novermber 22008.
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Ross Hoddinott / Sandymouth Bay beach at low tide at sunset, north Cornwall, UK. Novermber 22008.
Llynnau Gregenen Lakes and Cedair Idris at dawn, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK
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David Noton / Llynnau Gregenen Lakes and Cedair Idris at dawn, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, UK
Sunset over the Culin Mountains, Isle of Skye, from Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, UK. February 2006.
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Peter Lewis / Sunset over the Culin Mountains, Isle of Skye, from Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland, UK. February 2006.
Y-7606 Pink clouds in evening sky at sunset
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Aflo / Y-7606 Pink clouds in evening sky at sunset
Dawn on the beach at Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria, England, UK
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David Noton / Dawn on the beach at Bamburgh Castle, Northumbria, England, UK
Cumulus congestus clouds over land, Belgium
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Philippe Clement / Cumulus congestus clouds over land, Belgium
Y-4003 Cirrus clouds in blue sky
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Aflo / Y-4003 Cirrus clouds in blue sky
Border Collie, 6-week puppy, lying on grass chewing twig, UK
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Colin Seddon / Border Collie, 6-week puppy, lying on grass chewing twig, UK
Ash tree in winter {Fraxinus excelsior} Scotland, UK
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Niall Benvie / Ash tree in winter {Fraxinus excelsior} Scotland, UK
Oak tree in field (Quercus robur) Derbyshire, UK. Sequence, May
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Chris O'Reilly / Oak tree in field (Quercus robur) Derbyshire, UK. Sequence, May
English oak tree in spring {Quercus robur}, UK. Seasons sequence 1/4
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WILLIAM OSBORN / English oak tree in spring {Quercus robur}, UK. Seasons sequence 1/4
Ash leaf, new growth {Fraxinus excelsior} UK
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Ross Hoddinott / Ash leaf, new growth {Fraxinus excelsior} UK
Y-2502 Cumulus and Cirrus clouds in blue sky
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Aflo / Y-2502 Cumulus and Cirrus clouds in blue sky
Raindrops falling into still water.
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Kim Taylor / Raindrops falling into still water.