Will Pennsylvania Get Pummeled with Snow This Winter?
The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released its prediction for the winter months, and they say to expect a “Season of Shivers” for the entire U.S.
The 2022 report says this season could bring “positively bone-chilling, below-average temperatures across most of the United States,” according to the almanac’s website. That doesn’t sound good to me, but hey, it’s winter, what do we expect? The brutal weather is also apparently going to last for a long time. “This coming winter could well be one of the longest and coldest that we’ve seen in years,” Janice Stillman, editor of the almanac, said in a statement.
So, what about snow? When it comes to Pennsylvania, the majority of the state is expected to get “plenty of snow, rain and mush,” the Almanac states. In addition to the wetness, we’re supposed to brace for some “record-breaking temperatures.” The Almanac adds that, “There should be a wide variety of weather conditions, ranging from heavy snows to torrents of rain to gusty thunderstorms across much of the nation.”
For Pennsylvania heading into the end of the year, things should get very cold in December, but the most brutal cold and snow is likely to hit in January, according to the Almanac. Going into January, expect “bouts of heavy rain and snow across two-thirds of the country followed by what might be one of the coldest outbreaks of arctic air we have seen in several years.” The snowiest days for the Pennsylvania region, according to the study, will be from Jan. 4-7, 16-19 and 20-23. Things should start to warm up as early as February. The Almanac has also released a graphic showing the U.S. highlighted with winter predictions. Pennsylvania is painted light blue with the description “Significant Shivers, Slushy, Icy, Snowy.” Of course, there’s no telling if this prediction will come true. The National Weather Service shuns long-range outlooks such as this, but then again, the Almanac has been predicting weather patterns since the 1800s, so they have the experience.
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