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Originally Posted by Sainters7

Wow that's a lot different than they're predicting here in Edmonton this year. Just checked the Farmer's Almanac yesterday (which is usually eerily accurate), and they're calling for a dry, colder than normal spring and dry, colder than normal summer (with a hot spot in late July), followed by a warmer than usual Sept/Oct (who cares).

I was surprised to hear how dry it was supposed to be here, considering how much precipitation we've had the past calendar year. Weird what a difference it makes being in the open prairies compared to the foothills (either that or the Farmer's Almanac is OTL this year).

It's actually not that accurate.

In its bicentennial edition, the Almanac stated, "neither we nor anyone else has as yet gained sufficient insight into the mysteries of the universe to predict weather with anything resembling total accuracy."[1] The Almanac claims that its long-range weather forecasts are 80% accurate.[27] One disputing analysis concluded that these forecasts are at most 2% more accurate than random guesses.[28] Pennsylvania State University meteorologist Paul Knight notes that the Almanac's forecasts are so vague that it is difficult to assess whether they are accurate or not.