Dates To Watch In Farmer's Almanac Summer Forecast For NJ

It may have been a day or two off, but the Farmer's Almanac's weather predictions for mid-May was almost right on the mark – "very unsettled; numerous showers, thunderstorms," warned the forecast that was made a month ago.

Let's hope the accuracy continues.

The latest long-range forecast from the magazine has long stretches of pleasant weather after an unsettled remainder of May, though it does warn of storms.

Dates to watch out for include June 4 to 7 when it's going to rain, and the downpours will return around the 20th. The first few days of July will be "oppressively hot," it predicts. July 4 will be a stormy holiday.

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The Farmers' Almanac has been publishing long-range forecasts since 1818, based on what it calls a "top secret mathematical and astronomical formula that relies on sunspot activity, tidal action, planetary position and many other factors."

Here's a more detailed look at the Farmer's Almanac forecast:

May
24th-27th: Very unsettled, then fair, pleasant.
28th-31st: Scattered thunderstorm activity.

June
1st-3rd: Skies clear across the Northeast.
4th-7th: Wet weather.
8th-11th: Mostly fair skies.
12th-15th: Showers for much of the Northeast, New England, then fair.
16th-19th: A spell of fine, dry weather.
20th-23rd: Heavy rains, then turning fair.
24th-27th: Hot, dry, then thunderstorms, especially across Pennsylvania.
28th-30th: Mostly fair, turning hot again.

July

1st-3rd: Oppressively hot: many 90s; a few 100s
4th-7th: Stormy Independence Day, then turning fair.
8th-11th: Hot again, then scattered showers then clearing skies.
12th-15th: Fair weather.

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Story by Adam Nichols of Patch

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