Thursday September 5, 2024
San Jose Mercury News —
The Bay Area can expect a wet and mild winter – if the prediction of the Old Farmer’s Almanac proves to be true.
But the reality of predicting an upcoming winter’s climate is “complicated,” said meteorologist Jan Null, and the Almanac has only been right between one-third and one-half of the time, based on his comparisons.
“Whatever they’re using, it’s unverifiable,” Null said.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which has been predicting the weather for the United States since 1794, forecasted that weather will be temperate across the country this upcoming winter, according to a press release.
Winter will be “warmer than normal” through most of California, with the coldest temperatures coming through between mid-December and mid- to late-January, according to the almanac’s weather report.