Gothamist: Today's Forecast

Leslita

Sat, 05 Jun 2004 09:49:44 -0500

Good question--like you, I tend to associate the Farmer's Alamanac with its knowledge of historical weather trends. But it looks like they do have a meteorologist on staff, and that he uses a combination of solar cycles, climatology and meteorology to make long-range predictions at beginning of the season, without tweaking them if trends change. They say they're usually about 80% accurate in the end. Read this for more info: http://www.almanac.com/weathercenter/howwepredict.php Hope that helps! Sounds like you're planning an event for a few months down the road?

AQ

Fri, 04 Jun 2004 09:47:41 -0500

I have a question - is the Farmers Almanac any good at predicting weather or should it just be used as a source of info (well, it rained 15 days in June for the past 30 years so think about that when planning your event)? Any insight would be appreciated.

KP

Thu, 03 Jun 2004 10:28:17 -0500

Weather vanes are like antiques for weather geeks and can be very cool. But I don't think I wan't a big "Striking Trout" or sperm whale on mine. Vermont kick ass. The Burlington area is load of fun and gets some great weather too (including rockin' storms in the summer). And they have a great forecast office there too. I need to visit my Burlington mates this summer...