Prince Albert residents can expect slightly higher snowfall amounts according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. (File Photo/ paNOW Staff)

By Ronald Quaroni

Almanac Predictions

Farmer’s Almanac predicting heavy snowfall this winter, with temperatures ‘not quite so cold’

Sep 2, 2019 | 12:00 PM

It’s hard not to notice the chill in the air and the yellowing of the leaves. Many may want to avoid it, but a change of seasons is upon us.

After fall comes the dreaded winter months, and it may help Prince Albert residents handle Mother Nature’s fury if they are prepared for what is to come.

“It’s going to be snowy,” Managing Editor with Old Farmers Almanac, Jack Burnett predicted. “ We see the white stuff starting to show up in the middle of November and the snowiest parts (of winter) to be; the middle of November, middle of December, the beginning of January and February, and then the end of March into early April.”

He even went as far to make some bold predictions.

“Your listeners can write these down,” Burnett told paNOW. “We’re getting indications of some major snowstorms. The two dates that really stand out to us for the P.A. area and the province in general are December 15, and March 29.”

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“The especially cold parts (of winter) will be the first part of January and the second half. The first part of February and the very end, and the first part of March,” he said.

Before everyone books their plane tickets south, Burnett did have some reassuring news.

“As far as temperatures go, not quite so cold as the usual, brutal Prince Albert winters,” he said

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, with it’s yellow cover and hole in the corner has been around for 228 years, the Canadian edition has been published for 38 years.

Burnett explained in all that time the Almanac has a pretty good success rate, predicting the forecast.

“Usually it’s 80 per cent over time, last year was between 71 and 72 per cent in Canada,” he said. “We spend a lot of time a fair amount of money tracking how well we do, because we want to make sure if our ancient ways are going off the rails, we are the first to know and not the last.”

Burnett said, The Old Farmer’s Almanac makes weather predictions based on three factors. Meteorology, which includes localized weather. Climatology, which is long term weather trends and patterns. The third, is the effects of solar radiations and sun spots.

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Ron.quaroni@jpbg.ca

Twitter: @RonaldQuaroni