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be cold outside
By Linda Lemmon
Town Crier Editor
If you were a bettor you'd be a winner, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac, if you bet it'll be colder than normal this winter.
Northeast Connecticut is just barely part of the Atlantic Corridor in the Almanac and the predictors there are calling for it to be drier and colder than normal.
However they predict snowfall will be above normal. The snowiest periods will be in early and mid-December and in early and mid-February, according to the Almanac.
November is predicted to be slightly warmer than usual. Many days will see showers and rain.
In December the temperatures will be 4 degrees below average and there will be precipitation of 2 inches which is 1 inch below average. Several days are likely to have snow, but not Christmas Day.
In January the temperatures are predicted to be 2 degrees over average and precipitation will be 1.5 inches below average. Snow showers are predicted for the beginning of the month.
In February the temps will be 2 degrees below average and precipitation will be average at 3 inches. The beginning of the month will see storm heavy rain and snow and mid-February will also see snow and cold.
March will see temps of 43 which is 1 degree below average and precipitation will be 1 inch below average. Snow is predicted for the first week of March.
Almanac forecasters predict the temperatures in April will be 4 degrees above average while precipitation will be 1 inch below average.
The Almanac's forecasts are taken from a secret formula by almanac founder Robert Thomas in 1792. The current formula uses state-of-the-art technology, modern scientific calculations and Thomas's belief that the weather was influenced by sunspots on the Sun.
Almanac predictors said they forecast weather trends and events by comparing solar patterns and historical weather conditions with current solar activity.