Schafskälte - #447

As soon as shearing's due to begin, the temperature drops.

29ºC on Tuesday, 22º yesterday and we'll be lucky to see 18º today.

It's the "Schafskälte" - "literally "Sheeps' Cold" - the cold snap that pops up around 11 June with a regularity of - get this - 89%!

There are a couple of meteorological old wives' tales like this - the Frigid Saints in mid-May (Pankratius, Servatius, Bonifatius and the "Chilly Sophie) and "Siebenschläfer", the equivalent of Groundhog Day.

Tags: Schaftskälte, Pankratius, Servatius, Bonifatius, Kalte Sophie, Siebenschläfer