Sizzling Summer For New York? See Farmers' Almanac Forecast

NEW YORK — Now that spring is officially underway in New York, it’s time to start thinking about what summer will bring. In a word, summer 2022 is going to be “sizzling” nationwide, according to the Farmers’ Almanac summer forecast prediction.

Of course, in New York, there’s always a caveat when it comes to predicting the weather.

The Farmers’ Almanac summer forecast map specifically said that New York and the rest of the Northeast will have seasonably warm weather that is drier than normal.

The difference between "seasonably warm" and "sizzling" is that there will be a wave of unseasonably cool air arriving in the region in September that will lower the overall average temperatures for the entire summer.

And here’s another thing to keep in mind heading into summer, which officially starts June 21 with the summer solstice:

Big thunderstorms.

Generally, storminess marks the transition from spring to summer, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes regions, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

According to the forecast, the dog days of summer in late July are expected to be “brutally hot,” with highs in the 90s and triple digits, and “blistering hot” temperatures are expected to persist over Central and Western states.

The worst of the heat should be over by mid-August, though, the almanac said.

Rainfall is expected to be about normal in the middle of the country, including in the Great Lakes and north and south-central United States; above normal in the Southeast; and below normal in the Northeast.

Drought conditions are expected to persist in the Southwest, where even the Desert Southwest monsoon rains aren’t expected to deliver any drought relief. The Pacific states will be unusually dry as well, according to the almanac.