20 Things Southerners Love To Say About The Weather

We've pulled together a real gully washer of a list

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Published on November 10, 2022

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When it comes to weather, you can be sure that Southerners have a few things to say. Geographically, the South experiences almost every type of weather one can imagine. In the summers, Southern states are sticky with heat and we get our fair share of tropical storms and hurricanes on the coast. In the fall, we watch the leaves turn on a dime across many of our great states. In the winters, we get our fair share of snowy dustings that stop traffic, even if it’s just one inch. In the spring, it’s like a bucket of water has been dumped on us with those April showers, and we can’t forget the tornadoes.

While what we say about the weather might not be as well known as other Southern sayings, we use our colorful language to better articulate what goes on in the great outdoors, positive or not. Yes, we’re known to say “bless your heart” when someone tells us about their troubles or “full as a tick” when we stuff our faces too much at Thanksgiving, but when it comes to our sayings about the weather, let’s just say we go “hog wild.”

We put our heads together to make this list with just about every Southern weather saying we could think of (some that crossed our minds are simply not made for polite company), but it just touches the surface of our broad thoughts on weather. When it rains, it pours, as people say, and we don’t think Southerners will ever stop making up these wacky weather sayings.