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Major Weather Events Accurately Predicted by the Farmers’ Almanac...

Hurricane Carol washes ashore at Old Lyme, Connecticut, August 31, 1954
Photo Courtesy of NOAA
• In 1954, Farmers’ Almanac warned readers of a rare major hurricane in the Northeast. That storm turned out to be Hurricane Carol, one of the worst tropical cyclones ever to touch down in New England.

• Though Farmers’ Almanac called for a mild winter in 1987-88, Farmers’ Almanac assured the media and the International Olympic Committee that Calgary, Canada, would be snowy and cold for the 1988 Winter Olympics. Though there had been no accumulation in the mountains as of that December, Chinook winds hit the area just in time for the festivities in February. We were right on, to the day.

• Farmers’ Almanac predicted Hurricane Andrew in 1992, as noted by then Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Jr., on Larry King Live.

• Farmers’ Almanac accurately predicted heavy rainfall in the Midwest throughout the summer of 1993. Copious amounts of rain that summer led to the Great Flood, which left the Mississippi River region devastated.

• Farmers’ Almanac called for an exceptionally warm couple of weeks during mid-to-late January in 1995, dubbing the month “Juneuary” in the pages of that year’s Farmers’ Almanac. New York City topped 70 degrees that month. Regis and Kathy Lee found our prediction notable enough to mention on air.

• Farmers’ Almanac predicted the Blizzard of 1996; a storm paralyzed much of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast on January 7 and 8 of that year. Between 1 and 2 feet of snow accumulated throughout the region, leaving 100 people dead. CBS News contacted us that week for our "secret formula," which remains a secret even today.

• Farmers’ Almanac called for a nasty storm over the 1997 Christmas holidays. Snow and ice conditions that week paralyzed travelers from Texas to Washington D.C.

• During the President's Day Storm of 2003, Mid Atlantic states were clobbered with more than 3 feet of the white stuff. The storm caught many people off guard, but not our readers.

• In 2004, Farmers’ Almanac predictions were proven to be as good as our word when it called for an exceptionally snowy winter almost everywhere. The storms raged through late January and all of February, pounding even usually warm southern states. Temperatures in Florida ruined citrus crops.

Satellite image of Katrina
Image Courtesy of NASA
• In 2005, Farmers’ Almanac weather outlook warned that two major hurricanes would hit the same area of the Gulf Coast. Katrina and Rita devastated area at the end of that summer. Though we missed the actual dates by a few days, we were on target with our call for two hurricane strikes to the same region.

• In 2006, Almanac predictions advised Californians to get out their umbrellas for the Tournament of the Roses Parade, and rain did, in fact, batter the parade for the first time in many years.

• In 2006, the Almanac accurately predicted the series of major snowstorms that hit Denver during Christmas Week, stranding travelers all over the country.

• In 2007, the Farmers’ Almanac contradicted the Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil's forecast for an early spring, accurately calling for six more weeks of winter. Less than two weeks later, blizzards slammed the Northeast, with accumulations measured in feet, not inches. Before it was over, more than seven feet had piled up in Oswego County, N.Y. In New England, snow continued through early April.