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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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Farmers' Almanac Long Range Weather
February 8th - February 11th
- Northeast U.S.
Wet snow mixed with rain Mid-Atlantic north through New England; slushy accumulations of 4+" possible.
- Midwest/Great Lakes U.S.
Accumulating snows Kentucky, Ohio, then clearing. Fair elsewhere.
- Southeast U.S.
Wet snow Tennessee, western North Carolina; wintry mix northern Mississippi, Alabama. Elsewhere, rain, then clearing.
- North Central U.S.
Drier, much colder.
- South Central U.S.
Snow parts of Arkansas, then clearing, cold. Clear, much colder elsewhere.
- Northwest U.S.
Drier, but colder.
- Southwest U.S.
Drier, but noticeably colder.
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