Old Farmer's Almanac Makes Winter 2019 Predictions For CO

DENVER, CO – You can look forward to a warm winter with less snow than normal in New York this year – at least if you believe predictions from the Old Farmer's Almanac.

The centuries-old forecaster is saying the northeast can expect to avoid a deep freeze and, though it's going to rain, most of that precipitation won't be frozen.

"This winter, we expect to see above-normal temperatures almost everywhere in the United States, except in the Southwest, where we’re predicting a colder-than-normal season," the almanac said.

"Our milder-than-normal forecast is due to a decrease in solar activity and the expected arrival of a weak El Niño, which will prevent cold air masses from lingering in the North."

Regarding Colorado and other states in the "intermountain region," the venerable volume makes the following prediction:

Winter temperatures and precipitation will be above normal, on average, with the coldest periods in late December, early January, and early February. Snowfall will be above normal in the north and below normal in the south, with the snowiest periods in late November, late December, early and late January, mid to late February, and early March. April and May will have temperatures below normal in the north and above normal in the south and will be slightly drier than normal.

The Old Farmer's Almanac doesn't use satellite data or other methods to make its predictions, but rather a secret mathematical and astronomical formula based on things like the moon's pull on the atmosphere, for example.

Deb Belt, Patch National Staff, contributed to this article

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