Oklahoma Persimmon Seeds Double Down on Snowy Winter

If you’ve been around Oklahoma long enough, you’ve probably heard of the old persimmon seed forecast...

What Is the Persimmon Seed Forecast?

Split open a seed from a ripe persimmon, and the shape inside supposedly tells you what kind of winter is coming. Knife shape means cold, fork means mild, spoon means snow.

Folks have been doing this for generations, somewhere between science and superstition, and it always comes back around once fall kicks in.

Last week, someone cracked open a seed and shared the results... sure enough, it showed a spoon. According to the old wives’ tale, it points to a snowy winter for Oklahoma.

Fun, right?

Well, over the weekend, someone else decided to run the test again, this time with a different batch of persimmons here in the state. Same process, different seeds, and guess what? Another spoon.

@skylerkey43Persimmon seed 2025 it’s a spoon

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Oklahoma’s Double Test: Two Spoons in a Row

If you're counting along, that's two spoon forecasts in a row for Oklahoma. Maybe the trees know something that Farmer's Almanac and our meteorologists don't...

All the same, meteorologists aren’t losing sleep over persimmon seeds. But there’s something about these little traditions that keeps us connected. When the official long-range forecast calls for “average” or “uncertain,” the persimmon seed gives you a definitive answer, even if it’s more entertainment than evidence.

The funny thing is, plenty of people swear by it.

Ask around and you’ll find folks who can rattle off past winters that “the seed got right.” Of course, you’ll also hear from the skeptics who’ll tell you it’s nothing but rural storytelling. Either way, it gets people talking, and isn’t that half the fun?

Why We Keep Coming Back to Persimmon Seeds

So here we are, with two persimmon tests both pointing to snow. Will it come true? Hard to say. But if we get buried in white this winter, don’t say the persimmons didn’t warn you.