215th Edition Of Old Farmer's Almanac Hits Stands
DUBLIN, N.H. -- If you believe in The Old Farmer's Almanac (http://www.almanac.com/), get a heavy coat.
The 215th edition of the little yellow magazine with the hole in the corner calls for a colder and snowier than normal winter in much of the country -- if a mild El Nino develops in the Pacific Ocean.
El Ninos, marked by warm surface ocean temperatures near the equator, can change weather patterns worldwide. If a weak El Nino develops, "it will be colder than normal, on average, just about everywhere except some of the places you would least expect, and that includes northern New England," said Editor Janice Stillman.
"We expect the snowfall to be below normal through most of the center of country but above normal just about everywhere else that gets snow," she said.[
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It also mentions the threat of a major hurricane in the Northeast next year.
The Old Farmer's Almanac, published in New Hampshire, is not to be confused with the Farmer's Almanac, which is 26 years younger. The Maine-based almanac also is forecasting a colder winter from coast to coast.
If the almanacs are right, the cold will seem especially frigid after last winter, which was the fifth-warmest on average.
Published since 1792, the Old Farmer's Almanac is North America's oldest continuously published periodical. The little yellow magazine still comes with the hole in the corner so it can hang in outhouses.
DUBLIN, N.H. -- If you believe in The Old Farmer's Almanac (http://www.almanac.com/), get a heavy coat.
The 215th edition of the little yellow magazine with the hole in the corner calls for a colder and snowier than normal winter in much of the country -- if a mild El Nino develops in the Pacific Ocean.
El Ninos, marked by warm surface ocean temperatures near the equator, can change weather patterns worldwide. If a weak El Nino develops, "it will be colder than normal, on average, just about everywhere except some of the places you would least expect, and that includes northern New England," said Editor Janice Stillman.
"We expect the snowfall to be below normal through most of the center of country but above normal just about everywhere else that gets snow," she said.[
]It also mentions the threat of a major hurricane in the Northeast next year.
The Old Farmer's Almanac, published in New Hampshire, is not to be confused with the Farmer's Almanac, which is 26 years younger. The Maine-based almanac also is forecasting a colder winter from coast to coast.
If the almanacs are right, the cold will seem especially frigid after last winter, which was the fifth-warmest on average.
Published since 1792, the Old Farmer's Almanac is North America's oldest continuously published periodical. The little yellow magazine still comes with the hole in the corner so it can hang in outhouses.
