Farmers' Almanac Predicts Numbing Cold This Winter Check Your Thermostats: Farmers' Almanac

08-31-2009 • CBS

Americans, you might want to check on their sweaters and shovels _ the Farmers' Almanac is predicting a cold winter for many of you. The venerable almanac's 2010 edition, which goes on sale Tuesday, says numbing cold will predominate in the country's midsection, from the Rocky Mountains in the West to the Appalachians in the East. Managing Editor Sandi Duncan says it's going to be an "ice cold sandwich." "We feel the middle part of the country's really going to be cold _ very, very cold, very, very frigid, with a lot of snow," she said. "On the East and West coasts, it's going to be a little milder. Not to say it's going to be a mild short winter, but it'll be milder compared to the middle of the country." The almanac, which has been published since 1818, issues annual forecasts using a formula based on sunspots, planetary positions and the effects of the moon. This winter, the 200-page publication says it

1 Comments in Response to Farmers' Almanac Predicts Numbing Cold This Winter Check Your Thermostats: Farmers' Almanac

Comment by Lucky Red

Entered on: 9/1/2009 4:57:47 AM

Wow! That's something - my palm reader tells me it's going to be the complete opposite...oh, well, we'll soon see who's right if the Farmer's Almanac or Gina, the toothless Gypsy

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