Ice Saints - Catholic Insight

Regarding the weather in the coming days, it is worth mentioning that the frosty saints – Pongrác, Szervác and Bonifác – will arrive between May 12 and 14, and according to popular observations, they often bring cooling.

The Ice Saints, between May 11 and 13, would be the last period of morning frost before the summer, but there is no scientific evidence of this.

The ice saints are the days in mid-May, when frost can still occur at night. The farmers' rules are old, but they also apply in times of climate change. A weather expert explains why. By S. von Liebe.

Pankratius, Servatius, Bonifatius and the cold Sophie stand for a dreaded weather phenomenon in May, because it threatens frost: it can harm plants and young shoots - so it promises old peasant rules. Modern meteorologists are more skeptical.

From mid-May, the five ice saints will be at work and provide late frost. But what is behind the old peasant rule? And how reliable are their forecasts today?

Pankratius, Servatius, Bonifatius and Sophia of Rome are the "Iron Saints" who, according to old peasant wisdom, announce cold breaks and mix up the weather properly from 12 to 15 May. But what about them?