Farmers' Almanac declares parts of US 'hibernation zone' with predicted 'glacial, snow-filled' winter
The Farmers' Almanac's annual winter forecast is hinting at a particularly harsh winter across much of the North with 'real shivers'
Farmers Almanac Winter 2022-23 Forecast
The Farmer's Almanac has issued its annual winter forecast and is predicting a snowy winter in the East and bitterly cold temps in the Northern Plains.
LEWISTON, Maine -- Many Americans have been broiling through an above-average summer, but if the Farmers' Almanac winter forecast is right, some parts of the nation are heading for a polar opposite experience this winter.
Their annual whimsical forecast is hinting at a particularly harsh winter across much of the North with "real shivers" that "might send people in the Great Lakes areas, Northeast and North Central regions hibernating."
7 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WINTER DRIVING
(Farmers' Almanac)
In fact, their forecast map declares much of the upper Midwest a "Hibernation Zone" with a "glacial, snow-filled" winter ahead. Temperatures in their forecast would drop as cold as -40 in the North Central states in mid-January, which would be near record territory for some cities (such as Fargo, North Dakota) if such forecasts came to pass.
HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER ON TV
While temperatures wouldn't be that cold in the Northeast, the Almanac is predicting "significant shivers" there. Even in the Southeast, whose forecast isn't particularly snowy, is still looking at a "shivery, wet and slushy" winter, according to the Almanac.
As for the Southern Plains, expect the brunt of winter to come in January, with heavy snow predicted in the first week of 2023 in Texas and Oklahoma.
DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAR? HOW TO SUCCESSFULLY DIG YOUR CAR FROM THE SNOW — AFTER YOU FIND IT
If shivering is not your thing, head west. The Almanac forecasts continued drier than normal conditions across the parched Southwest and Intermountain West while the Pacific Northwest is tabbed as "brisk" but with normal precipitation. That would make for a wet winter as "normal" winter is the wettest time of the year up there.
NOAA: Agree to disagree on winter forecast
The Farmers' Almanac's shiver-fest forecast is in conflict with NOAA's current winter forecast.
(FOX Weather)
Which is predicting a greater-than-average chance of a warm winter across the Southwest, Southern Plains and the entire Eastern Seaboard.
On the other hand, it's the Pacific Northwest leaning toward another chilly winter, according to NOAA.