The Old Farmer is at it again...
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Hmm, this shows a continuation of the dry conditions in the southern counties. But a mild winter with no snow doesn't bother me. 
Hmm, this shows a continuation of the dry conditions in the southern counties. But a mild winter with no snow doesn't bother me.
UGH, no snow is fine but too mild of a winter will destroy farmers with their crops like blueberries. It pushes them way too early and sets them up for a late April early May disaster.
Well you might as well just flip a coin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Farmer's_Almanac
John Walsh, University of Illinois Atmospheric Sciences professor emeritus, reviewed the accuracy of five years of monthly forecasts from 32 weather stations around the county and found 50.7% of the monthly temperature forecasts and 51.9% of precipitation forecasts to correctly predict a deviation from averages.
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But I think "mild winter" could mean different things. I don't think the farmers had a problem this year, did they? But I heat with wood and only burned half as much as the previous winter. It was mild enough that the ground never froze hard at my place and I never had to clear my driveway. We had several years recently where it got very warm later in the winter and things were blooming in March. That didn't happen last year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Farmer's_Almanac
John Walsh, University of Illinois Atmospheric Sciences professor emeritus, reviewed the accuracy of five years of monthly forecasts from 32 weather stations around the county and found 50.7% of the monthly temperature forecasts and 51.9% of precipitation forecasts to correctly predict a deviation from averages.
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But I think "mild winter" could mean different things. I don't think the farmers had a problem this year, did they? But I heat with wood and only burned half as much as the previous winter. It was mild enough that the ground never froze hard at my place and I never had to clear my driveway. We had several years recently where it got very warm later in the winter and things were blooming in March. That didn't happen last year.
