Old Farmer's Almanac predicts freezing temperatures, more snow

[IceWizard]

Published August 16, 2015
Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. –
Just when you thought you had gotten over last winter, be warned: The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts it will be super cold with a slew of snow for much of the country, even in places that don't usually see too much of it, like the Pacific Northwest.

Otherwise, look for above-normal snow and
below-normal temperatures for much of New
England; icy conditions in parts of the
South; and frigid weather in the Midwest.

The snowiest periods in the Pacific Northwest will be in mid-December, early to mid-January and mid- to late February, the almanac predicts.

"Just about everybody who gets snow will have a White Christmas in one capacity or another," editor Janice Stillman said from Dublin, New Hampshire, where the almanac is compiled.
It's due out in the coming week. The almanac says there will be above normal-rainfall in the first half of the winter in California, but then that will dry up and the drought is expected to continue.

"We don't expect a whole lot of relief," Stillman
said.

The weather predictions are based on a secret formula that founder Robert B.
Thomas designed using solar cycles, climatology and meteorology.

Forecasts emphasize how much temperature and precipitation will deviate from 30-year averages compiled by government agencies.

No one's perfect, and some meteorologists
generally pooh-pooh the Almanac's
forecasts as too unscientific to be worth
much.

The almanac, which defends its accuracy for its predictions overall, says its greatest errors were in underestimating how far above normal California temperatures and Boston-area snowfall would be, although it did predict both would be above normal.

The record-breaking winter in Boston dumped more than 110 inches of snow on the city. The almanac doesn't call for as much this year.

The 224-year-old almanac, believed to be
the oldest continually published periodical in
North America, is 26 years older than its
closest competitor, "The Farmers' Almanac,"
published in Maine and due out later in
August.

[Linville]

Published August 16, 2015
Associated Press

CONCORD, N.H. –  
Just when you thought you had gotten over last winter, be warned: The Old Farmer's Almanac predicts it will be super cold with a slew of snow for much of the country, even in places that don't usually see too much of it, like the Pacific Northwest.

Otherwise, look for above-normal snow and
below-normal temperatures for much of New
England; icy conditions in parts of the
South; and frigid weather in the Midwest.

The snowiest periods in the Pacific Northwest will be in mid-December, early to mid-January and mid- to late February, the almanac predicts.

"Just about everybody who gets snow will have a White Christmas in one capacity or another," editor Janice Stillman said from Dublin, New Hampshire, where the almanac is compiled.
It's due out in the coming week. The almanac says there will be above normal-rainfall in the first half of the winter in California, but then that will dry up and the drought is expected to continue.

"We don't expect a whole lot of relief," Stillman
said.

The weather predictions are based on a secret formula that founder Robert B.
Thomas designed using solar cycles, climatology and meteorology.

Forecasts emphasize how much temperature and precipitation will deviate from 30-year averages compiled by government agencies.

No one's perfect, and some meteorologists
generally pooh-pooh the Almanac's
forecasts as too unscientific to be worth
much.

The almanac, which defends its accuracy for its predictions overall, says its greatest errors were in underestimating how far above normal California temperatures and Boston-area snowfall would be, although it did predict both would be above normal.

The record-breaking winter in Boston dumped more than 110 inches of snow on the city. The almanac doesn't call for as much this year.

The 224-year-old almanac, believed to be
the oldest continually published periodical in
North America, is 26 years older than its
closest competitor, "The Farmers' Almanac,"
published in Maine and due out later in
August.

I saw this in the last day or 2 and didnt have the heart to post it even though watching the weather is a hobby…
We shall see, eh.

If it is true.

They usually are fairly well on the mark , aren't they, IceWizard.

[IceWizard]

Yeah man ... Once down south it predicted a cold front in May ... It was hot as in the 90's in Apr ... And I'll be d@mned if it didn't get cold! ..

I actually think they're fairly accurate at long range ...

[Linville]

Ice Wizard, on a day like today with the heat and then humidity rising towards 90% I will gladly take even -10 below and snow.

Ha ha Harley…..kind of like me walking into the beer cave at the store, or walk in cooler, some call it…..ha

Well it was hot outside and when I went in there it felt so so good that I browsed more than usual….ha ha

then I came out not seeing what I wanted Becks Beer….and asked then realized that most people just grab what they want from the front door access and dont go into the walk in part meant for employees to re-stock.

LOL but I enjoyed the ice cold weather front in there. ha ha

I ended up with a brand of beer I had never tried called, Grolsch Premium Lager. Imported from Holland.

It is very good beer. For my current taste.

anyway…..looks like another hard winter ahead.

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How did I end up talking about Beer from a future winter weather forecast…..hmmmm
LOL