The Old Farmer's Almanac 2015 (22 page)

Atlantic Corridor

SUMMARY:
Winter will be colder and slightly wetter than normal, with above-normal snowfall. The coldest periods will be in late December and early and mid-January. The snowiest periods will be in mid- and late December, mid-January, and early to mid-February.

April and May will be warmer and generally drier than normal.

Summer will be hotter and drier than normal, despite a tropical storm threat in early to mid-August. The hottest periods will occur in early June, mid- to late July, and early to mid-August.

September and October will be warmer than normal, with near-normal rainfall.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 44° (3° below avg.); precip. 3.5″ (avg.). 1–2 Rainy; mild north, cool south. 3–7 Rainy north, showers south; mild. 8–11 Sunny, cold nights. 12–15 Rain, then sunny, cold. 16–22 Scattered showers, cool. 23–30 Showers and flurries, then sunny, cold.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 37° (2° below avg.); precip. 6″ (3″ above avg.). 1–2 Heavy rain, then sunny, mild. 3–5 Heavy rain, then sunny, mild. 6–13 Rain to snow, then flurries, cold. 14–17 Heavy rain, then flurries, cold. 18–21 Stormy, rain and snow; then sunny, cold. 22–29 Rain and snow, then sunny, cold. 30–31 Snowy, cold.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 31° (4° below avg.); precip. 2″ (1.5″ below avg.). 1–3 Sunny, very cold. 4–9 Flurries, cold. 10–17 Rain to snow, then sunny, very cold. 18–21 Snow, then sunny, mild. 22–24 Rain, then sunny, cold. 25–31 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 33° (1° below avg.); precip. 2.5″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, then rainy, mild. 5–8 Sunny, then snowstorm. 9–14 Rain to snow, then sunny, seasonable. 15–22 A few rain and snow showers, turning cold. 23–28 Snow north, rain south; then sunny, cold.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 41° (3° below avg.); precip. 5″ (1″ above avg.). 1–4 Sunny, cool. 5–10 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold. 11–16 Rainy, cool. 17–21 Showers, mild. 22–26 Stormy, rain coast; wet snow interior. 27–31 Showers, cool.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 53° (1° above avg.); precip. 2.5″ (1″ below avg.). 1–5 Showers, then sunny, cool. 6–8 Sunny north, heavy rain south. 9–11 Sunny, warm. 12–17 Rainy periods, cool north; showers, warm south. 18–25 Sunny north, scattered t-storms south; warm. 26–30 Scattered showers, cool.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 65° (3° above avg.); precip. 3″ (2″ above avg. north, 2″ below south). 1–4 Scattered showers, turning hot. 5–9 Showers, turning cool. 10–19 Scattered t-storms, warm. 20–26 Sunny, turning hot. 27–31 Rain and mist north, scattered t-storms south; turning cool.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 71.5° (1° below avg. north, 2° above south); precip. 2.5″ (1″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, hot. 5–9 T-storms, cool. 10–15 Showers, cool north; t-storms, hot south. 16–17 Sunny. 18–22 T-storms, then showers, cool. 23–26 Drizzly, cool north; t-storms, hot south. 27–30 T-storms, then sunny, nice.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 77° (1° above avg.); precip. 3″ (1″ below avg.). 1–4 Scattered t-storms, warm. 5–10 Scattered t-storms; cool north, hot south. 11–16 A few showers, turning cool. 17–21 T-storms, then sunny, hot. 22–26 Scattered t-storms, hot. 27–31 Sunny, cool.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 76° (2° above avg.); precip. 3″ (1″ below avg.). 1–9 Scattered t-storms, turning hot. 10–11 Tropical storm threat, mainly southeast. 12–15 T-storms, then sunny, cooler. 16–19 Rain, then sunny, cool. 20–24 Scattered t-storms, hot. 25–27 Sunny, cool. 28–31 T-storms, then sunny, cool.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 70° (3° above avg.); precip. 2″ (1.5″ below avg.). 1–3 A few showers, turning warm. 4–10 Rainy periods, cool north; sunny, hot south. 11–19 T-storms, then sunny, hot. 20–25 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 26–30 Showers, then sunny, cool.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 59° (3° above avg.): precip. 5″ (1.5″ above avg.). 1–7 Sunny, warm. 8–13 Rain, then sunny, cool. 14–19 Rainy periods, mild. 20–25 Sunny, cool north; showers, warm south. 26–31 Rainy periods, turning cooler.

Appalachians

SUMMARY:
Winter will be much colder than normal, with slightly below-normal precipitation and snowfall. The coldest periods will occur in early to mid-December, from late December into early January, and in mid- and late January. The snowiest periods will occur in mid-December and early February.

April and May will be warmer and drier than normal.

Summer rainfall and temperatures will be close to normal, on average, with the hottest periods in mid- to late June, mid- to late July, and mid- September.

September and October will be warmer than normal. Rainfall will be below normal in the north and above normal in the south.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 40° (4° below avg.); precip. 2.5″ (1″ below avg.). 1–6 Showers, then sunny, cool. 7–11 Rain and snow showers, then sunny, cool. 12–19 Rain to snow, then sunny, chilly. 20–30 Snow showers, cool.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 32° (4° below avg.); precip. 4″ (1″ above avg.). 1–5 Showers, mild. 6–14 Snow, then flurries, cold. 15–17 Snowstorm, then sunny, very cold. 18–21 Heavy snow, then flurries, cold. 22–31 Snow showers, cold.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 26° (4° below avg.); precip. 2″ (1″ below avg.). 1–3 Sunny, very cold. 4–8 Snow showers, cold. 9–11 Sunny, mild. 12–17 Snow showers, very cold. 18–22 Rain and snow showers, turning quite mild. 23–25 Sunny, mild. 26–31 Rain, then flurries, cold.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 29° (1° below avg.); precip. 1.5″ (1″ below avg.). 1–4 Periods of rain and snow, mild. 5–8 Snowstorm south, flurries north; cold. 9–10 Sunny north, rain south. 11–17 Sunny, cold, then mild. 18–20 Snow showers, cold. 21–28 Snow showers north, showers south; seasonable.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 35° (5° below avg.); precip. 4.5″ (1.5″ above avg.). 1–4 Sunny, cool. 5–10 Snow north, rain south; then sunny, cold. 11–16 Rain and snow showers, cool. 17–21 Sunny, cool. 22–31 Snowstorm north, rain south; then sunny, cool.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 52° (2° above avg.); precip. 2″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, cool. 6–11 Showers, then sunny, mild. 12–16 A few showers, cool. 17–24 Sunny, warm. 25–30 Rain, then sunny, cool.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 63° (3° above avg.); precip. 2.5″ (1.5″ below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, warm. 6–11 Showers, cool. 12–15 Sunny, warm. 16–23 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 24–27 Scattered t-storms, warm. 28–31 Showers, cool.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 68° (avg.); precip. 4″ (avg.). 1–4 Showers, then sunny, warm. 5–9 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 10–17 T-storms, then sunny; cool north, warm south. 18–22 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 23–27 A couple of t-storms, hot. 28–30 Sunny, nice.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 72° (1° below avg.); precip. 3.5″ (avg.). 1–4 Scattered t-storms, cool. 5–11 Sunny, warm. 12–16 Rainy periods, cool. 17–25 Scattered t-storms, hot and humid. 26–31 Sunny, cool.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 71° (avg.); precip. 4″ (1″ below avg. north, 2″ above south). 1–3 Sunny north; rainy, cool south. 4–6 Sunny, warm. 7–13 Scattered t-storms, warm. 14–19 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 20–22 Sunny, warm. 23–26 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 27–31 Showers, warm, then cool.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 67° (3° above avg.); precip. 3″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–6 Rain, then sunny, nice. 7–13 Showers, then sunny, cooler north; sunny, hot south. 14–19 Sunny, hot. 20–25 Showers, then sunny, cool. 26–30 Rain, then sunny, cool.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 55° (2° above avg.); precip. 4″ (1″ below avg. north, 3″ above south). 1–6 Sunny, warm. 7–12 Rain, then sunny, cool. 13–21 Rain, then sunny, cool. 22–28 Showers, mild north; heavy rains, cool south. 29–31 Sunny, nice.

Southeast

SUMMARY:
Winter will be colder and drier than normal, with near- to above-normal snowfall. The coldest periods will be in early to mid-December, from late December through early January, and in mid- and late January. The snowiest periods will be in early and mid-January.

April and May will be a warmer than normal. Rainfall will be below normal in the north and slightly above in the south. Watch for an early tropical storm threat in mid- to late May.

Summer will bring near-normal temperatures, on average, with the hottest periods in early to mid-June, mid- to late July, and mid- to late August. Rainfall will be below normal in the north and above in the south. Watch for a tropical storm threat in mid-July.

September and October will be warmer and drier than normal.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 50° (5° below avg.); precip. 1.5″ (1.5″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, cool. 5–10 Rain, then sunny, cold. 11–16 Rain, then sunny, cool. 17–28 Showers, then sunny, cold. 29–30 Rainy, cool.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 43° (4° below avg.); precip. 4″ (0.5″ above avg.). 1–6 Rain, then sunny, cold. 7–13 Showers, then sunny, cold. 14–19 Rainy periods, chilly. 20–24 Sunny, turning warm. 25–28 Rain, then sunny, cold. 29–31 Rain coast, rain to snow inland, then sunny, cold.