Weather Break

Click here to listen to episode 303 of Weather Break

A few days ago on television I heard a broadcast meteorologist use the phrase “Shed no Thread until April is Dead”. I pay a lot of attention to various weather proverbs and weather folklore, but I have to admit that I’d never heard of this particular expression before.  I did a little research online it turns out that it comes from a French expression that I was unfamiliar with–”En avril, ne te découvre pas d’un fil ; en mai, fais ce qui te plaît.” I don’t speak a word of French and so I contacted  Dr. David Vanderboegh of the Creighton University Department of Modern Languages and literatures to try and get a little help with this.  What’s up with the weather in April that it would be a bad idea to “shed a thread”?  Find out on today’s episode of Weather Break.

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Many thanks to Dr. David Vanderboegh of the French program in the Creighton University Department of Modern Languages and Literatures for his help with this episode.

Some famous storms in Nebraska and South Dakota in late April include:

• April 30-May 1, 1967
• April 28, 1994
• April 25, 1984

South Dakota weather trivia for the month of April.