Mild, Drier Summer Ahead For MA: Farmers' Almanac

MASSACHUSETTS — It's supposed to be a hot summer nationwide, but Massachusetts will likely buck that trend, according to the Farmers' Almanac's long-term summer forecast.

According to the forecast, the dog days of summer in late July are expected to be “brutally hot,” with highs in the 90s and triple digits, and “blistering hot” temperatures are expected to persist over Central and Western states.

But in New England and the Great Lakes region, the weather is expected to be seasonably warm and drier than usual. That prediction is based on a wave of cool air arriving in September, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

The worst of the heat should be over by mid-August, though, the almanac said.

Generally, storminess will mark the transition from spring to summer, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes regions, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

Rainfall is expected to be about normal in the middle of the country, including in the Great Lakes and north and south-central United States; above normal in the Southeast; and below normal in the Northeast.

Drought conditions are expected to persist in the Southwest, where even the Desert Southwest monsoon rains aren’t expected to deliver any drought relief. The Pacific states will be unusually dry as well, according to the almanac.