Last year the Farmer's Almanac called for a 'Cold and Wet' winter for here in Florida. It was so very wrong.

Also, the penny has a couple of pretty darned good uses in my opinion. When my kids ask for a penny to toss into the Water Fountains, I have no problem. If they start asking for nickels, dimes and quarters... well... they better start getting their wishes! Plus the older pennies, the ones with copper, help to control the algae a bit in my bird baths. They don't stop it, but it takes the algae longer to form in my experiences.

Are they ever right....?

They say they are but I have not seen it.

But hey,even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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I predict it will be above or below but will not be normal
that's never happened in all recorded history!! lol of course "normal ' never sells books?? gary

The Farmers Almanac weather predictions are for entertainment as far as I am concerned...long range forecasts have been off by so much lately too...they kept saying it would be warm/mild in spring but winter really never ended and now summer is up to the same thing.

Yet some how they claim to be 80% correct. lol I wonder if the NFL was using the almanac's predictions when planning the 60 foot ice slide come Super Bowl XLVIII.

On a related note...... I'm still scratching my head on the above average hurricane season that was predicted. Hmmm. Perhaps the experts were wrong... again?

7thLegend, expecting 60 degrees and sunny here for the Superbowl.
LOL!

Not as cold in February as it used to be though. We will see.

Don't place much belief in the Farmer's Almanac. Do they ever predict anything but cold and snowy for the Northeast in February?!

As for the hurricane forecast, this certainly has been a very, very strange season! Was expected to very bad, but abnormally quiet! Probably one of he strangest seasons I can remember. Don't know what to make of it.--May be a very late season. Like X-Mas storms?! We had ours late last year--October 31st, name of Sandy.

Njoasis 7 that is true! How can you mess up snowy/cold northeast prediction for Feb? At some point it will be snowy and cold. lol

You know another interesting thing to throw in the mix is thus far the Nation is setting a record for fewest amount of 100 degree + temps for a summer season.

I know it has been cool Summer in the southeast, not been a real hot season in the Northeast either. Who knows what will follow?! Think it will be a warmth to hot Fall though. Hurricane season? Haven't got a clue at this point!

Being curious, I dug this 5 month old post out and read it again. I think they got this one right, but we will see about the Super Bowl. January's duration of cold has been relentless. Can't wait till February!

I remembered reading this post when you posted it and have been thinking about it for the last couple of days...They definitely got this one right, spot on. It's kind of eerie and gives you a new respect for the almanac.

At the rate we've been getting snow in Michigan (the snowiest January on record and supposed to get more tomorrow, not to mention 5th coldest), I would not be surprised at all if NJ gets a snow storm just in time for the Super Bowl. I just hope this winter lets up soon to an early spring.

Islandbreeze it looks like this week will be no different, a lot more snow expected and you might smash some records this winter. Crazy! January is going out with a bang. Going to take weeks just to thaw out.

I haven't had any extreme colds here but our normal temps have been below average most of the month with several nights in the 30s. However I see some 70s in my forecast so maybe we're turning the corner. I'm ready for Spring.