08 26 25 Old Farmer’s Almanac Editor Sarah Perreault on winter weather predictions

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Gina Gondeck and Marty Lens on Colorado's Morning News. The
Old Farmer's Almanac is out with its prediction for this
year's winter forecast, and for the most part, it may
be good news for those who are not big fans
of the colds, but maybe a possible concern for those
winter warriors and ski enthusiasts.

Speaker 2 (00:15):
Joining us now in the Koa Commaspruit Health hotline start Peralti,
the managing editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac, Welcome Sarah,
Thanks for coming on with us.

Speaker 3 (00:22):
Oh, it's absolutely my pleasure.

Speaker 2 (00:24):
The report says mostly mild with pockets of wild. I
love the phrasing. What exactly does that mean?

Speaker 3 (00:31):
Well, most of the country is going to have above
normal temperatures and then obviously there's going to be some storms.
It is winter, after all. Your area and winter temperatures
are going to be above normal, but you can expect
some very cold periods arriving mid December, late January, and
early February. Near normal months of snow for you folks.

(00:52):
But if you're the for significant white stuff falling, that's
going to happen in late February and then again in
mid and late March.

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Okay, late February, mid to late March.

Speaker 1 (01:01):
That's probably good to know for those who are heading
to the high country and wanting to hit up our
ski resorts. Are we going to see significant snowfall? Is
it something that will be a good ski season for
our area of.

Speaker 2 (01:13):
It should be.

Speaker 3 (01:13):
Because it's going to be very wet, and obviously, in
the mountains, wet interprets as snow, so it'll be good
for the skiers.

Speaker 2 (01:21):
The Almanac's been around a long time. Is this some
sort of trend that we're seeing with our recent winners?
How far does this go back or even just compare
to last year.

Speaker 3 (01:31):
We do use climatology when we're making our weather predictions,
so we're studying a thirty year average, and compared to
last year, it's a little it's similar because the atmosphere
is warmer, and when you have a warmer atmosphere, it
holds more moisture. And when it's warmer, it's less snow
more wet.

Speaker 1 (01:49):
How on the spots or on the nose was the
old Farmer's Almanac when it came to last year's predicted
winter forecast.

Speaker 3 (01:56):
So I'm proud to say that our usual accuracy rate
is right now around eighty percent, sometimes above that, sometimes
below that, but for last year we were slightly above
at eighty two percent accurate.

Speaker 2 (02:06):
Well, it's very good. That's why people trust what you do.
What other fun facts can readers find in the Old
Farmer's Almanac for this year, Well, we will.

Speaker 3 (02:14):
Be since it's twenty twenty six, will be celebrating the
two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the nation. So we've
got a story about the woman who sowed the flag
that was at Fort McHenry that inspired the star Stangled banner.
We've got a great story on leftovers if you love them,
if you hate them. It's a story for both those camps.
And then we've got our award winning tomato recipes that

(02:37):
you should not miss.

Speaker 1 (02:38):
All right, Sarah, Let listeners know where they can find
the Old Farmers albanak or where they can get hold
of one.

Speaker 3 (02:44):
You can find the Old Farmer's Almanac, and it's familiar
yellow cover anywhere books and magazines are sold, and it's
always available at almanac dot com and also at Amazon.

Speaker 2 (02:53):
Managing Editor The Old Farmers Almanac, Sarah Pearl, Thanks.

Speaker 3 (02:56):
Sarah, thanks very much.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Have a great day,