Last year I got two conflicting forecasts for winter. NOAA predicted basically a warmer than normal winter. According to the Global Hockey Stick, the Holy Grail of all forecasts, it should have been balmy:
Using the hockey stick, as every serious global warming freak would say is absolute, it should have been about 70 degrees all summer. But, the Old Farmer’s Almanac, going against all grains, predicted a colder, wetter winter. My gut feeling, due to the total lack of solar activity, was in agreement with the Old Farmer’s Almanac. Now, I know the hockey stick has been ditched for being a forecast engine since it’s already wrong. But, global warming would have had it a warmer winter. Winter was cold. It was wet. It snowed often, if not a lot. School was canceled as much as any year I can remember since 1979. The officials were wrong, the Old Farmer’s Almanac was right. So, what’s the forecast for this year?
Winter, cooler than normal. Spring, warmer than normal. Summer, coolder than normal ( dammit, dammit, dammit ), Fall, cooler than normal.
I’ll be hooking up the fireplace this year for sure.
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Looking for a weather forecast for June 12,2010 in the Arundel Maine area. Thank you for your help.
Cooler than normal for that date. Just too much solar and volcanic activity to scream for a hotter summer.
Any forecast for Saturday, October 30th 2010? We’re planning an outdoors fundraiser on that day. Thanks!
Sort of depends on where you live. I’m shooting for 70′s during the day, cool and dry that night since most likely it will be Trick or Treat. Whether the weather cooperates or not is another matter.
Could you elaborate on the Sat Oct 30th 2010 for the Bucksport Maine area? Its our wedding.
This was a post a year ago generically predicting the overall climate particularly for North America by using the Farmer’s Almanac and my own personal observations regarding solar activity. Although it’s not been as cool as I expected, it has been quite wet. So, given that, I’d go ahead and get married on the 30th.