"There are two separate almanacs, the Farmers’ Almanac and the Old Farmer’s Almanac, both of which have a very similar outlook for this coming NH winter.
Where warm-mongers NOAA have forecast a rather mild winter-season with average precipitation (no surprises there), both of the Almanacs have gone for “freezing, frigid, and frosty” conditions and have called for a “never-ending winter.”
- Unlike the Old Farmers’ Almanac, which makes weather predictions through a combination of animal signals, chicken bones, pig spleens and other weather lore,
- the Farmer’s Almanac bases its outlook on a “mathematical and astronomical formula” dating back to 1818 that takes sunspot activity and other astronomical anomalies into account, making it far more reliable, in my opinion. It is this annual periodical that’s predicting a “polar coaster winter.” “Freezing, frigid, and frosty” are other terms it opts for when describing the upcoming season, especially for areas “east of the Rockies all the way to the Appalachians.”
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