Winter will be ‘memorable for all the wrong reasons,’ says The Old Farmer’s Almanac

Old Farmer's Almanac winter 2022-23 forecast

The Old Farmer's Almanac, which goes on sale on Aug. 30, 2022, is calling for a "shivery and snowy" 2022-23 winter on the East Coast.

Better get your shovels and warm clothes ready for the winter of 2022-23, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

The East Coast, according to the almanac, will have a “shivery and snowy” winter.

That forecast agrees with the one published by the other almanac - the Farmers’ Almanac, which said much of the Keystone State will be “slushy, icy and snowy” on top of some extreme cold, while western Pennsylvania will be “unreasonably cold and snowy.”

Back to The Old Farmer’s Almanac. The 2023 edition will be on sale everywhere on Aug. 30. It is calling for “A Tale of Two Winters.”

“Depending on where you live, this will be the best of winters or memorable for all the wrong reasons,” said Janice Stillman, editor of The Old Farmer’s Almanac.

“One half of the country will deal with bone-chilling cold and loads of snow, while the other half may feel like winter never really arrives.”

The Old Farmer’s Almanac has been, it said, providing “80-percent accurate weather forecasts” for 231 years.

It is calling for the western half of the United States to have a “wet and mild” winter “with lots of (mostly) rain and temperatures that trend upward by as much as several degrees above normal. This is in stark contrast to what’s coming for the rest of the country.”

Much of the Midwest and along the East Coast will have a winter that is “shivery and snowy.”

“The eastern half of the U.S. should brace for potentially record-breaking cold to define the season. This frigid forecast extends to the Deep South and Texas, which could see the mercury diving as much as 8 degrees F below normal!

Freezing temperatures will also bring above-average snow totals to most areas in the eastern U.S. that typically experience snowfall.”

The Old Farmer’s Almanac - “useful, with a pleasant degree of humor” - sells for $7.99 where books and magazines are sold.

It also is available on Amazon in paperback and digital.

Old Farmer's Almanac winter 2022-23 forecast

The Old Farmer's Almanac, which goes on sale on Aug. 30, 2022, is calling for a "shivery and snowy" 2022-23 winter on the East Coast.

Old Farmer's Almanac winter 2022-23 forecast

The Old Farmer's Almanac, which goes on sale on Aug. 30, 2022, is calling for a "shivery and snowy" 2022-23 winter on the East Coast.

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