Old Farmer's Almanac Makes Winter 2019 Predictions For NY

NEW YORK, NY – 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.

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"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."

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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