NOAA vs Farmers’ Almanac

Hello Peter, love your almanac. I have a question for you. The NOAA and Accuweather.com both predict a warmer winter with less snow for the Northeast due in part to La Nina. Your prediction calls for lots of snow and cold (which I hope for and love). Anyway do you still feel your outlook will prevail? PS: I live very near to Allentown Pa in a town called Schnecksville.

This is a great question and one I am getting on a regular basis. It certainly has been a warm fall unless you live in Denver. But, our predictions are done 2 years in advance. I think most of us want to see a winter and for those who sell clothes, snowblowers, ski resorts, it can never come too soon.

The 2008 Farmers’ Almanac calls for it being cold east of the Mississippi River and milder west. In some ways we agree with NOAA but not in the eastern US. Our weather map is below. Time will tell on this one. But, we have faith in old Caleb. Both he and the almanac have been around a long time.

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