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My theory behind this is, that nature makes it easy for the animals to make there preditions for seasons. I live in the south and I find this to be true. When your windows sweat on the outside its hot and humid.

When your windows sweat on the inside it cold out. There are always an interesting and newly informative article found in these pages, and I keep forwarding them out. I think is great. My question is, why are their so many different covers for the same almanac? I think we should stay with the yellow cover always. Hi, ScaperRon. See the upper left hand corner of our web page for a visual.

There are many different almanacs out there, but we are the original Farmer's Almanac, founded in and published every year since. I love this website. I was born on a full moon September 18, and i didn't know that before I found this wonderful website. I have always wondered why I had a fascination with moon as far back as i could remember when I was about 3 or 4.

Thank you almanac. Hi Elena, how did you find that out? This is being written to you almost 2 years later--but I just found this site, saw your comment on an article and have been searching this site to enter my own birth date so I too can find out the weather on the day I was born. Do you remember how you found that out? Skip to main content. By Catherine Boeckmann. August 16, Source: The Old Farmer's Almanac. What do you want to read next?

The Early Forecast for the Ski and Snow Forecast From Winter Outlook — Colder Signs of a Cold Winter — Low Solar Activity and Other A Winter for the Record Books. The Cooling Effect of the Sun. This formula has allowed for two-year in advance weather forecasts that regularly fall within the 80 to 85 per cent accuracy range for the regions the Almanac serves, he said.

The publication has released some details on what the formula is based on. This is especially true of long-term forecasting. Yet since , the Farmers' Almanac —published annually from its Lewiston, Maine offices—has been trying to do just that for the continental United States.

Can you really predict the weather a year from now? Penn State meteorologist Paul Knight is more than a little skeptical. The Farmers' Almanac's Web site explains that its forecaster referred to only by his pseudonym, Caleb Weatherbee uses a "top secret mathematical and astronomical formula, that relies on sunspot activity, tidal action, planetary position and many other factors" to predict weather sixteen months in advance for seven different U.

Until the modern era of meteorology, many people relied on publications like the Farmers' Almanac for long-range weather forecasts. Today, radar, satellites, and computer simulations help meteorologists more accurately predict everything from an afternoon rain shower to a tropical cyclone.

But I'd say it's all in the semantics. In that case, all things being equal, you go with whichever one makes you happy and let your Old or "New" Farmer's Almanac freak flag fly. Jason Stewart Updated: August 25, Share on Facebook Share on Twitter. I don't really know the difference. Do you?



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