The 'Old Farmer's Almanac' Just Released the Forecast for Winter 2021-2022

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If you're still holding on to some warm and fuzzy feelings about winter, this could be the year that finally changes your mind, too. According to the Old Farmer's Almanac, the upcoming season ain't going to be pretty.

The 230-year-old publication—which claims to make predictions with 80% accuracy—just released its annual forecast for winter 2021-2022. It's going to be so cold across the country, they have actually taken to calling it the "season of shivers."

A painful combination of above-average snowfall and below-average temperatures are expected in the New England area, parts of the Appalachian region, throughout the Ohio Valley, in the northern part of the Deep South, and even in southern New Mexico.

The Old Farmer's Almanac editor, Janice Stillman, said this winter could be "one of the longest and coldest that we’ve seen in years."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/old-farmers-almanac-just-released-120000775.html

[SergeStorms]

1. I wonder...

if they've altered their original formula for forecasting to allow for global climate change?

Good luck getting a straight answer out of them.

[doc03]

2. Maybe I will get to use my snow plow this year. nt

[GPV]

5. Haven't used my snowshoes here in coastal Maine in a few years.

[Tree Lady]

3. I am in the mild dry area

And we desperately need a wet winter in Oregon. CA too...

[pnwest]

13. WA, too.

[Ford_Prefect]

22. Montana needs a wetter winter too.

[tblue37]

4. Maybe I'll get to wear a coat this year. For the last three winters I've worn corduroy shirts

as coats instead because it wasn't cold enough for a coat. I i be in eastern Kansas, and winter used to get pretty darned cold, but not recently.

[snowybirdie]

6. Well Florida

is always dry in winter. But never seen the whole state cold all winter.

[EYESORE 9001]

7. My region says 'cold and dry'

I can live with that.

[ProfessorGAC]

10. Mine, Too!

The "cold" part; we call that WINTER!
I have serious doubts about the integrity of that 80% number they tout.

[Elessar Zappa]

8. My area says mild and dry, unfortunately.

Our mountains desperately need snowpack. I hope the almanac is wrong.

[AllaN01Bear]

9. dont forget we in the west have been forecasted to have a la nina vs a el nino year again.

[Qutzupalotl]

11. The West really needs a good snow pack

so we have enough water through the summer.

[mcar]

12. I just spent a week in western Wyoming

Mostly in Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks. The drought effects there are devastating - lakes and rivers down in vast amounts and, of course, wildfires.

I spoke with a rancher at a going out of business western wear store in a nearby town. He said they got almost no snow last winter and if the same happens this winter, they are in very big trouble.

[Corgigal]

14. Snowy

I’m fine with it, keeps the Smokey Mountains from going up. I know it’s will happen one day, but I’m never upset at rain or snow.

[marmar]

15. Mild and dry definitely isn't what California and the southwest need.

[James48]

16. Sorry

but I'm not impressed with the accuracy of "The Old Farmer's Almanac".

I trust the United States Weather Bureau. Much more accurate, although it's not as "long term" in it's predictions.

[TheRickles]

17. "80% accuracy" is a bit of a stretch.

Most TV weather forecasters have a hard time matching that level of accuracy for one-week forecasts! But the Almanac is a lot of fun to read.

[70sEraVet]

19. You might as well count the nuts that the squirrels are burying!

[Disaffected]

18. Reading weather forecasts in the Farmer's Almanac is

like reading tea leaves or your horoscope in the newspaper.

[nattyice]

20. Ted Cruz better make sure his passport isn't expiring soon

[LW1977]

21. The RWNJs will use this as an excuse to to claim that global warming is not real.

[MyMission]

23. Time for my seasonal wardrobe change

I basically have 2 wardrobes, one for warm weather in April thru September, and one for cold weather October thru March.

In spring/summer I'm in skirts, shorts, sundresses, t shirts, tank tops, and sandals.
I love the summer.

In fall/winter I layer up, thermal tops and bottoms, long pants, long sleeves, flannel shirts, sweaters galore, wool socks, assorted boots, not to mention the jackets, vests, coats, hats, gloves and ice cleats. I'll be ready!

Thanks for the heads up.

[DavidDvorkin]

24. Meaningless garbage.

[LeftInTX]

25. I have no idea how they make their predictions. I get mine from NOAA

Predictions are on the last two pages.

For what it's worth Texas was hot and dry last winter, with the exception of the freak cold.

People already had tomatoes in the ground. It was exceptionally warm. Then, we had a week of cold.
After the cold, it did not get below freezing one single time. We were on water restrictions until May 15th.
NOAA is predicting warm and dry conditions for Southern CA, AZ, NM, TX, LA, MS, Al, GA and FL.

NOAA is predicting wet and cold for the Pacific NW.

Sorry, I go with the science, not snake oil

https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

26. Do they still go by the thickness of the fuzz on woolly caterpillars?

I dont really care for predictions, the weather is coming whether we like it or not.