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2013 LOGAN COUNTY FARM OUTLOOK MAGAZINE. LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.com March 21, 2013
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Here’s a look at an entirely different
almanac, The Old Farmer’s, started in
1792. It’s older. Old Farmer’s Almanac
indicated agreement with NOAA in
warmer temps: 5
degrees above
average in March
and 3 degrees above
in April.
The Old Farmer’s
Almanac forecasts
that March and April
precipitation would
finish an inch below
average rainfall.
If that actually suggests that it would
be drier, then it would be opposite of
the NOAA and the Farmers’ Almanac
prediction of wet. But wait, that would
not encompass the same time frame.
May could reverse the trend and end
the three-month cycle wet also. We’ll
just have to wait and see.
Here is the Old Farmer’s Almanac
2013 Long-Range Weather Forecast
for Springfield, Illinois:
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Annual Weather Summary: November
2012 to October 2013
Winter will be colder than normal in the
east, with above-normal temperatures
in the west. The coldest periods will
be from late December through early
January and in mid-January and early
and mid-February. Precipitation and
snowfall will generally be below normal,
with the snowiest periods in early to
mid-November, early January, and early
March.
April and May will be warmer and drier
than normal, with an especially warm
first half of April.
S u m m e r
temperatures and
rainfall will be near
normal, on average,
despite a tropical
rainstorm threat in
mid-June. The hottest
periods will be in early
to mid-July, late July,
and mid-August.
September and
October will be warmer and drier than
normal.
[Jan Youngquist]
Weather continued