Posted on 08/25/2013 6:22:52 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The Farmers' Almanac is using words like "piercing cold," "bitterly cold" and "biting cold" to describe the upcoming winter. And if its predictions are right, the first outdoor Super Bowl in years will be a messy "Storm Bowl."
The 197-year-old publication that hits newsstands Monday predicts a winter storm will hit the Northeast around the time the Super Bowl is played at MetLife Stadium in the Meadowlands in New Jersey. It also predicts a colder-than-normal winter for two-thirds of the country and heavy snowfall in the Midwest, Great Lakes and New England.
"We're using a very strong four-letter word to describe this winter, which is C-O-L-D. It's going to be very cold," said Sandi Duncan, managing editor.
Based on planetary positions, sunspots and lunar cycles, the almanac's secret formula is largely unchanged since founder David Young published the first almanac in 1818.
Modern scientists don't put much stock in sunspots or tidal action, but the almanac says its forecasts used by readers to plan weddings and plant gardens are correct about 80 percent of the time.
Last year, the forecast called for cold weather for the eastern and central U.S. with milder temperatures west of the Great Lakes. It started just the opposite but ended up that way.
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It looks little different here, the corn’s just further along.
Arctic sea ice minimum next month looks to be significantly higher than last year:
http://www.ijis.iarc.uaf.edu/en/home/seaice_extent.htm
All will be well in the garden.
Thats it? Bummer.. :)
I was about to say the same thing about Alabama. I don’t remember EVER having a summer this mild and wet. And yeah, I’m over 50 so I’ve seen a lot of them. lol The end of August is making up for it in temps and humidity here though, but last summer was so brutal that I’m not complaining. Hopefully, it’ll stay dry enough to get some outdoor work done around here this week.
Upstate NY here, we are at about 68 right now. Been getting as low as upper 50s some nights lately. The days have been great at right around 80, but my garden would like a bit higher temps I think.
Last month we had two, three weeks of scorch. I thought it would be like that through the end of summer. Now we have leaves dropping before they turn pretty, the maples seem confused.
Joe Bastardi has been commenting on the below “normal” temps at the N. pole.
They said last year was supposed to be an above average snowfall and that did not happen. I find the Farmer’s almanac to be a great fictional read.
I had to turn off my window fan.. its getting chilly.
By southern Louisiana standards, this has been a relatively mild summer as well.
Doesn’t surprise me. I live near Washington DC, infamous for its hell-hot summers. Last night it was in the mid-fifties. The dogs and I were half frozen. I got up at 4 a.m. to find some more blankets and invite the dogs under the covers with me. This is AUGUST. In WASHINGTON. This is bizarre and worrisome.
Ya mean like...Ben Franklin.
There is a reason for the hole in the corner.
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I live in Southern California on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It has been cool and foggy all summer.
Chauncey Gardener. What a great quote, dfwgator.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_There
One of my all time favorites and Peter Sellers last great roll.
“I like to watch”.
We can use a drop in temps and increased moisture here in DFW area and Texas here in the latter half of August. July wasn’t too bad this year with some unexpected increased moisture until hades hit us again.
Ditto.
Its hardly gotten out of the mid 80’s here in Atlanta all summer. Its only 77 degrees right now at 11:00. Almost no humidity. Very pleasant.
Too mouthy and not at all down to earth, you are no farmer. Potted tomatos on your balcony do not count.
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