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, analyses by researchers have found forecasts from farmers’ almanacs fall closer to a 50 percent accuracy rate, which is essentially like flipping a coin to predict the weather. A news station in Chicago reported on this in January 2021, finding the Old Farmer’s Almanac‘s accuracy in the Midwest at the time to be between 50 and 52 percent. Furthermore, predictions from the Farmer’s Almanac are often so vague that it would be hard to get certain things wrong, meaning those accuracy claims might be a bit inflated - https://www.reference.com/science/fact-check-farmers-almanac-weather-forecasts-accuracy

Here is the FA prediction of May 5, 2022 for summer 2022. The NE has been in drought, with the hottest (average day/night=80F) 2nd longest streak at or over 95F. (6). Longest streak at or over 80F . and 16th driest July on record, according to Dave Epstein.

https://www.almanac.com/summer-weather-forecast

Here is the NOAA long range forecast from June 16