Farmers' Almanac Predicts a 'Winter Wonderland'

According to the forecast, the North Central states (Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming), along with the Great Lakes region, could experience a classic winter wonderland with very cold and snowy conditions. That said, New England, along with the Northern Plains, is expected to bear the brunt of the season's coldest temperatures.

The Pacific Northwest mountains are also expected to get impressive snowfall totals, while winter in the Southeast will see average temperatures with many wet periods. A wet winter is also predicted in the Southwest with near-average temperatures.

Texas and the Southern Plains (which includes western Kansas, Oklahoma, and portions of Nebraska and New Mexico) are predicted to have a wetter-than-average winter with periodic cold snaps. While snow will be limited, the region is expected to face several cold rain events and occasional freezing precipitation, particularly in the northern areas.

"I think the greatest chance of a white Christmas would be out in the northern Plains, perhaps, but not too many other places," Duncan told USA TODAY. Also, expect winter to last longer than usual. "It looks like it's going to hang on for a little bit through March and even through April … especially in New England, Great Lakes, and the northern Plains," she said.

OP also has subscriptions to Reader's Digest, Prevention Magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post.

[quote] OP also has subscriptions to Reader's Digest, Prevention Magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post.

And Parade Magazine.

I prefer a real, cold, winter with lots of snow to the endless humid heatwaves of this almost past summer.

I did not know that Sandi Duncan got another job. The Hogan Family experience must have really turned her off acting.

Cold winters? In flyoverstan? What will I do?

R6, what will you do? Try reading closer.

[quote]That said, New England, along with the Northern Plains, is expected to bear the brunt of the season's coldest temperatures.

Does the Almanac base their forecasts on anything at all or is it just totally arbitrary prediction?

R8, it’s folk wisdom. And they are wrong every year.

Lol R9.

No they're not.

Aside from old hillbillies and farmers, who the hell reads or believes anything in the Farmers Almanac?

Apparently R10 does, R11.

A cold, snowy Winter would be a welcome relief from the disgustingly warm Winters we have had over the past few decades.

How the Almanac formulates its prediction.

I hate winter in a bad way. I do love the snow (a lot of it) and the temps in the 32-40ish range. That's winter joy. Ice storms, pot holes, treacherous driving conditions, rock salt under my feet (!!!)...I dread it arriving. The seasonal depression too. Ugh.

The Farmer’s Almanac is almost always full of shit!

I want a winter like the one we had 10 years ago. Three blizzards in a row. Snowshoeing right outside my door! Like the winters we had in the 70s, growing up in New England.

I remember the Blizzard of '78. My mother called me very nervous that the snow was reaching the bottom of her windows. I told her she had an upstairs, not to worry.

Northern New England is abnormally dry right now. The lake I live on is the lowest I've ever seen and I've been here for decades. No help from Hurricane Erin is coming.

The northeast needs the heavy snowfalls to sustain its growing season.

[quote] I remember the Blizzard of '78

What part of the country was this?

Sounds fun!

Apparently the Almanac is accurate 50% of the time.

[quote]Apparently the Almanac is accurate 50% of the time.

As are local tv meteorologists.

This stuff is to meteorology what horoscopes are to personality analysis.

This was printed in anticipation of a cold, stormy winter by the Farmer’s Almanac for 1978.

That said, they didn’t predict the Blizzard of ‘78 which shut down Eastern Massachusetts.

Farmer’s almanac has been woefully wrong in the past couple years

R25, that is so cool!

I love how animals and nature all instinctively know when to prepare for a harsh Winter.

[quote] It's going to cool down, it's going to snow, then it might warm up a little, then it's going to repeat itself again."

I could have told you that.