Long Range Forecast Predicts Hot Summer For NYC

NEW YORK CITY — A quaratine summer is going to see New Yorker's largely stuck indoors in temperatures predicted to be hotter than normal, according to a long-range forecast.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting what has been a cool spring will start heating up, with the average temperature for June expected to be 72 degrees — a little warmer than usual.

As New York City's beaches and swimming pools remain closed, state beaches have their capacity limited to 50 percent and social distancing continues to be strictly in place in parks, it suggests city dwellers are going to be sweltering with little relief.

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"Summer will be hotter and rainier than normal, with the hottest periods in mid-July and early to mid-August," the long-range forecast says.

"September and October will be warmer and rainier than normal, with a tropical storm threat in early to mid-October."

Summer officially begins with the solstice on Saturday, June 20, though the unofficial start is Memorial Day weekend.

The hurricane season, which starts in June, is also expected to be a bad one for the East Coast.

The Almanac’s weather forecast methodology comes from a secret formula that was created by its founder, Robert Thomas, in 1792. The exact prediction process remains a secret, but the periodical discloses it uses solar science, climatology and meteorology to make its forecasts.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which is not to be confused with its rival forecast predictor, Farmers’ Almanac, is North America’s oldest continuously published periodical, according to its website.