Red sky at night shepherd’s delight; red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning

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This is most reliable when weather systems predominantly come from the west

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Matthew XVI in the Wyclif Bible, from as early as 1395: “When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and louring.”