Weather Watchdog: Jurik Müller's Vigilance Shapes Weather Awareness - Environmental Protection Proposal Demanded from Commission
Weather Forecaster Jurik Müller's Legacy in Weather Wisdom
From ancient times to the present, mankind has sought to predict the weather. Jurik Müller, a lifelong weather enthusiast, has delved into this intriguing subject since his youth. He maintains a personal weather journal and studied meteorology in Berlin. Before retiring, he spent years at the German Weather Service in Halle and Leipzig. Alongside modern forecasting techniques, he displayed a keen interest in ancient farmers' rules. "The genius of putting weather observations into verses makes them easy to remember and pass on orally without much effort," says Müller.
The fascination with farmers' rules sparked in 1978 when a newspaper editor commissioned an article on the weather from Müller. The piece proved popular, leading Müller to collect over 10,000 verses of old farmers' rules. He also crafted approximately 4,000 of his own based on his weather observations. "My first original farmers' rule was 'No matter if the sun shines over the heath, on St. Simon's Day (28.10.) the cow must be taken from the pasture.' I can't recall any old farmers' rule that specifies when animals should be taken from the pasture," remarks the weather expert.
One of Müller's rules suggests that if a cow turns its tail from east to west, the weather is likely to deteriorate. "This is because animals align themselves against the wind to spot potential enemies more effectively. When there's a wind shift from east to west, it increases the chance of adverse weather conditions. If cows subsequently make a 180-degree turn and face westward, they act as a harbinger of less favorable weather," explains Müller.
In addition to newspaper articles, Müller wrote four books on farmers' rules. The bestseller, "100 Farmers' Rules That Really Work," published in 2011, had a print run of 15,000 copies. "These farmers' rules had a higher probability of being correct. For each farmers' rule, there was one to two pages of explanation," said Müller. "They weren't just archaic farmers' rules, some were mine as well, for instance: 'If the cow's milk curdles in the afternoon, expect thunderstorms in the evening.'"
Müller's most renowned work, "Angler's Weather," was a tabular special service offering a bite index for the most important 17 native fish species. The index indicated whether it was suitable to fish, ranging from zero for hopeless conditions to ten for exceptionally fishable weather.
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While there is currently no mainstream or widely documented literature on Jurik Müller's Farmers' Rules, they could represent a unique regional folklore or unpublished agricultural tradition. For further insights into the origins and popular verses, researching folklore or ethnographic materials on traditional farming wisdom would be necessary.
- The community can benefit from a policy that includes the preservation and promotion of local farmwisdom, such as Jurik Müller's farmers' rules, as a part of our environmental-science curriculum, emphasizing traditional knowledge in vocational training programs.
- Given his dedication to weather observations and interest in climate-change, it's fascinating to consider how Müller's farmers' rules, grounded in ancient times, could potentially intersect with modern weather science and forecasting techniques, contributing to a more holistic understanding of weather patterns.
