Farmers' Almanac winter prediction: 'Worst of the worst' for Minnesota

[BleedGopher]

per STrib:

And this week, the almanac delivered its verdict for Minnesota’s coming winter: frigid and snowy, with a polar blast in late January that will send temperatures plunging to minus 40 degrees.

“We believe it’s your part of the country that’s going to get the worst of the worst,” said Peter Geiger, editor of the almanac, which has been issuing forecasts for 203 years. “We’re saying it’s going to be frigid temperatures for most of the northern plains into the Great Lakes.”

Our area, he added, will be whipsawed by what the almanac called a “polar coaster” of freezing temperatures plus heavier-than-usual rain, sleet and snow.

Oh, and as if that weren’t enough pain: The almanac predicts a late spring, too.

http://www.startribune.com/farmers-...n-worst-of-the-worst-for-minnesota/558475012/

Go Gophers!!

 

[saintpaulguy]

Bring it on.

 

[bottlebass]

Bring it on.

Agreed.

I'd love another long cold winter. I'll pass on the record colds though as it did some damage killing trees i've planted on my hunting land.

 

[Doc1001]

Thanks Bleed!!

 

[Section2]

That's it, I'm moving to Somalia.

 

[GoodasGold]

That's it, I'm moving to Somalia.

Do u have a prominent forehead

 

[Angry]

Awesome light snow and record highs all winter.

 

[Ogee Ogilthorpe]

Everyone's money is always welcome in Las Vegas during the long cold winter months. We don't discriminate at all, the only important color is green. Even Jay Z knows that.

 

[saintpaulguy]

Everyone's money is always welcome in Las Vegas during the long cold winter months. We don't discriminate at all, the only important color is green. Even Jay Z knows that.

I like going in December and owning the hotel pool. If it gets to 65 I can have it to myself.

 

[saintpaulguy]

And if the NFL has any sense at all, the Raiders December schedule will be Chicago, Minnesota, Green Bay.

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

And the Farmers Almanac is never right

 

[Deleted_User]

That's it, I'm moving to Somalia.

I know a guy who can get you there on an oil tanker. He just wants to know if you can run a fire hose on full pressure for up to 2 hours.

 

[justthefacts]

And the Farmers Almanac is never right

Not even 60th percentile winter

MRCC - Research: Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index

Also a reminder that they predicted the same thing for '18 - '19:

https://www.forums.gopherhole.com/boards/threads/winter-will-be-teeth-chattering-cold-have-plenty-of-snow-farmers-almanac-claims.83627/

and '16-'17: https://www.forums.gopherhole.com/b...nnesota-rival-folksy-almanacs-forecast.69343/

But we haven't had a severe winter during any of those time frames.

No offense, Bleed, I just hope you aren't putting too much stock into these predictions.

 

[BleedGopher]

We could hit 60 on Sunday!

Go 60s in early March!!

 

[justthefacts]

We could hit 60 on Sunday!

Go 60s in early March!!

If the Farmers Almanac is wrong, I don't want to be right!

 

[OldBob53]

We could hit 60 on Sunday!

Go 60s in early March!!

Go 60s, go 70s, go 80s, 90s and even 100s-- the older I get the more I like it warm or even hot as opposed to the dank, damp doom of Winter.

 

[GoodasGold]

Go 60s, go 70s, go 80s, 90s and even 100s-- the older I get the more I like it warm or even hot as opposed to the dank, damp doom of Winter.

How have ur winters been in W Virginia?

 

[GopherWeatherGuy]

We could hit 60 on Sunday!

Go 60s in early March!!

I wouldn't be surprised if we get close to 60 on Saturday, and push 70 on Sunday in the south metro.