The Old Farmer's Almanac 2015 (23 page)

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 38° (5° below avg.); precip. 3″ (1.5″ below avg.). 1–3 Sunny, very cold. 4–7 Rain to snow north, rain south, then sunny, cold. 8–11 Rainy periods, milder. 12–17 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold. 18–23 Rainy periods, mild. 24–31 Rain, then sunny, cold.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 46° (avg.); precip. 3″ (1″ below avg.). 1–7 Rain to snow, then sunny, cold. 8–14 Rainy, mild, then sunny, cold. 15–18 Rain arriving, milder. 19–22 Sunny, cold, then mild. 23–28 Rainy periods, mild.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 53° (2° below avg.); precip. 6.5″ (2″ above avg.). 1–4 Sunny, cool north; rainy, mild south. 5–10 Rain, then sunny, cold. 11–16 Rainy, cool. 17–22 Showers, turning warm. 23–31 Rainy periods, cool.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 66° (3° above avg.); precip. 2.5″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, nice. 5–9 Rain, then sunny, nice. 10–21 A few t-storms, warm. 22–25 Sunny, warm. 26–30 Rain, then sunny, cool.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 72° (1° above avg.); precip. 3.5″ (1″ below avg. north, 1″ above south). 1–3 Sunny, warm. 4–10 Scattered t-storms; warm, then cool. 11–17 Sunny, warm. 18–20 Tropical storm threat. 21–31 A few showers, cool north; t-storms, warm south.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 78° (avg.); precip. 2″ (2.5″ below avg.). 1–5 Sunny, cool. 6–13 T-storms, then sunny, hot. 14–20 A few t-storms; cool north, hot south. 21–23 Sunny, cool. 24–27 Isolated t-storms, hot. 28–30 Sunny, cool.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 81° (1° below avg.); precip. 4″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–9 A few t-storms; cool north, hot south. 10–15 A few t-storms; cool north, warm south. 16–18 Tropical storm threat. 19–25 Scattered
P.M.
t-storms, hot. 26–31 Isolated t-storms, cool.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 81° (1° above avg.); precip. 7″ (avg. north, 4″ above south). 1–6 A few t-storms, cool. 7–17 Isolated t-storms, warm and humid. 18–24 Scattered t-storms, turning hot. 25–31 Scattered t-storms, very warm.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 76° (2° above avg.); precip. 1.5″ (3″ below avg.). 1–3 Sunny, nice. 4–12 T-storms, then sunny, hot. 13–19 T-storms, then sunny, very warm. 20–30 T-storms, then sunny, cool.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 66° (2° above avg.); precip. 5.5″ (1.5″ above avg.). 1–8 A few showers, warm. 9–12 Sunny, cool. 13–16 T-storms, then sunny, warm. 17–21 Sunny, nice. 22–26 Heavy rain, then showers, warm. 27–31 Sunny, cool.

Florida

SUMMARY:
Winter will be colder and rainier than normal. The coldest temperatures will occur in early January, with other cool periods in mid- and late January.

April and May will be hotter than normal, with below-normal rainfall in the north and above in the south. Watch for an early tropical storm in mid-May.

Summer will be hotter than normal, with the hottest periods in late June, early to mid-July, late July, and late August. Rainfall will be above normal in the north, but a bit below normal in the south. Watch for a tropical storm threat in mid-July.

September and October will be warmer than normal. Rainfall will be below normal in the north and above in the south. Watch for a hurricane threat in mid- to late September.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 66° (3° below avg.); precip. 1″ (1.5″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, cool. 5–9 T-storms, then sunny, quite cool. 10–15 Showers, then sunny, cool. 16–21 Showers, warm. 22–28 Sunny, cool. 29–30 Rainy, mild.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 60° (3° below avg.); precip. 3.5″ (3″ above avg. north, 1″ below south). 1–13 Heavy rain, then sunny, cool. 14–19 Showers, cool. 20–22 Sunny, nice. 23–31 Rainy periods, turning cool.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 56° (4° below avg.); precip. 5.5″ (3″ above avg.). 1–4 Sunny, cold. 5–11 Rainy periods, warm. 12–18 Sunny, cool. 19–22 Showers, warm. 23–31 Rainy periods, cool.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 60° (1° below avg.); precip. 2.5″ (avg.). 1–6 Rain, then sunny, cool. 7–16 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 17–21 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 22–28 Showers, warm.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 68° (1° above avg.); precip. 4″ (1″ above avg.). 1–5 Rainy periods, warm. 6–9 Sunny, cool. 10–14 Rain, then sunny, warm. 15–20 Scattered showers, cool. 21–31 A few t-storms, warm.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 75° (4° above avg.); precip. 0.5″ (2″ below avg.). 1–3 Sunny, warm. 4–8 T-storms, then sunny, warm. 9–13 Scattered t-storms, warm. 14–23 Sunny, very warm. 24–30 Isolated t-storms; warm, then cool.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 79° (2° above avg.); precip. 5.5″ (1″ below avg. north, 4″ above south). 1–9 Sunny, warm. 10–16 Isolated t-storms, warm. 17–19 Tropical storm threat. 20–31 Scattered t-storms, seasonable.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 83° (1° above avg.); precip. 4.5″ (2″ below avg.). 1–9 Scattered t-storms, cool. 10–16 Sunny, hot north; a few t-storms south. 17–20 Scattered t-storms, seasonable. 21–24 Sunny, cool north; scattered t-storms south. 25–30 A few t-storms; hot north, seasonable south.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 84° (1° above avg.); precip. 8.5″ (2″ above avg.). 1–5 Daily t-storms, seasonable. 6–8 Sunny, hot. 9–14 Scattered t-storms, warm. 15–17 Tropical storm threat. 18–22 A few t-storms, seasonable. 23–31 Isolated t-storms; hot north, seasonable south.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 83° (1° above avg.); precip. 8.5″ (3″ above avg. north, 1″ below south). 1–8 Daily t-storms, cool north; scattered t-storms south. 9–11 Sunny, hot north; isolated t-storms south. 12–21 A few t-storms, seasonable. 22–25 Sunny, hot north; scattered t-storms south. 26–31 A few t-storms north, sunny south; hot.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 82° (2° above avg.); precip. 5″ (3″ below avg. north, 2″ above south). 1–3 Sunny, hot. 4–20 T-storms, very warm and humid. 21–22 Hurricane threat, mainly south. 23–25 Sunny, cool. 26–30 Scattered t-storms, warm.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 76° (1° above avg.); precip. 3″ (1″ below avg.). 1–4 Scattered t-storms, very warm. 5–9 Sunny, very warm north and central; a few t-storms south. 10–11 Sunny, cool. 12–23 Scattered t-storms, warm. 24–31 Sunny, cool.

Lower Lakes

SUMMARY:
Winter will be colder than normal, with the coldest periods in late December, throughout January, and in early February. Precipitation will be below normal in the east and near normal in the west. Snowfall will be above normal in most of the region, with the snowiest periods in mid-December, early and mid-January, and early February.

April and May will be warmer than normal, with near-normal rainfall.

Summer will be hotter than normal, with near-normal rainfall. The hottest periods will be in early June, mid- to late July, and mid- to late August.

September and October will be warmer and slightly rainier than normal.

NOV. 2014:
Temp. 38° (3° below avg.); precip. 3.5″ (avg. east, 2″ above west). 1–5 Showers, mild. 6–9 Snow showers, cold. 10–14 Rain, then snow showers, cold. 15–20 Sunny, mild. 21–30 Snowy periods, cold.

DEC. 2014:
Temp. 28° (4° below avg.); precip. 2.5″ (0.5″ below avg.). 1–7 Rain and snow showers, mild. 8–15 Snow showers, cold. 16–19 Lake snows, cold. 20–26 Snow showers; cold east, seasonable west. 27–31 Lake snows, very cold.

JAN. 2015:
Temp. 23° (4° below avg.); precip. 1.5″ (1″ below avg.). 1–7 Lake snows, very cold. 8–17 Snowstorm, then lake snows, bitter cold. 18–25 Occasional rain and snow, mild. 26–28 Snow, then flurries, very cold. 29–31 Sunny, mild.

FEB. 2015:
Temp. 28° (1° above avg.); precip. 2.5″ (0.5″ above avg.). 1–9 Snow, then snow showers, cold. 10–14 Sunny, mild, then flurries, cold. 15–17 Sunny, mild. 18–22 Snow showers, cold. 23–28 Showers, mild.

MAR. 2015:
Temp. 33° (5° below avg.); precip. 2″ (1″ below avg.). 1–10 Snow showers, cold. 11–14 Showers, mild. 15–24 Snow, then flurries, cold. 25–31 Snow, then a few showers, cool.

APR. 2015:
Temp. 53° (5° above avg.); precip. 3.5″ (1″ below avg. east, 1″ above west). 1–5 Sunny; warm, then cool. 6–10 Sunny, turning warm. 11–17 Scattered t-storms, warm. 18–23 Sunny, turning hot. 24–30 T-storms, then sunny, cool.

MAY 2015:
Temp. 63° (5° above avg.); precip. 3.5″ (avg.). 1–9 A few t-storms, warm. 10–15 Sunny, nice. 16–21 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 22–26 T-storms, warm. 27–31 Sunny, cool.

JUNE 2015:
Temp. 68° (2° above avg.); precip. 3.5″ (avg.). 1–4 Sunny, hot. 5–10 A few t-storms, very warm. 11–15 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 16–21 Scattered t-storms, cool. 22–25 T-storms, warm east; sunny, hot west. 26–30 T-storms, then sunny, cool.

JULY 2015:
Temp. 72° (1° above avg.); precip. 4.5″ (1″ above avg.). 1–3 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 4–8 Scattered t-storms, very warm. 9–16 T-storms, then sunny, cool. 17–20 Sunny, turning hot. 21–25 T-storms, hot and humid. 26–31 Sunny, cool.

AUG. 2015:
Temp. 71° (2° above avg.); precip. 3″ (1″ below avg.). 1–4 Sunny, warm. 5–9 Scattered t-storms, warm. 10–17 A couple of t-storms, cool. 18–26 Sunny; very warm, then cool. 27–31 Showers, turning cool.

SEPT. 2015:
Temp. 64° (2° above avg.); precip. 3.5″ (avg.). 1–3 Scattered t-storms, warm. 4–12 Showers, cool. 13–19 T-storms, warm. 20–28 Showers east, sunny west; cool. 29–30 Sunny, warm.

OCT. 2015:
Temp. 55° (3° above avg.); precip. 3.5″ (1″ above avg.). 1–4 Rainy periods, turning cool. 5–7 T-storms, warm. 8–12 Sunny, cool. 13–20 Rain, then sunny, nice. 21–27 Rainy periods, turning cool. 28–31 Sunny, cool.