Old Farmer's Almanac Summer 2020 Predictions For Wisconsin

MILWAUKEE, WI — Spring in Wisconsin is still hanging around, but with Memorial Day weekend coming up, thoughts are now turning to the summer in Wisconsin.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, founded in 1792, says Wisconsin's "summer temperatures will be hotter than normal, with the hottest periods in mid-June, mid- to late July, and early August. Rainfall will be below normal in the north and above normal in the south."

Summer officially begins with the solstice on Saturday, June 20.

For most of the United States, summer’s hottest periods won’t occur until July. “Summer’s steamiest weather will hold off until mid-July in most areas,” said Almanac editor Michael Steinberg.

While the summer is expected to be a scorcher across the United States in 2020, the Old Farmer’s Almanac also predicts elevated amounts of rainfall from Texas to Canada, and eastward to the Atlantic Ocean.

The Almanac’s weather forecast methodology comes from a secret formula that was created by its founder, Robert Thomas, in 1792. The exact prediction process remains a secret, but the periodical discloses it uses solar science, climatology and meteorology to make its forecasts.

The Old Farmer’s Almanac, which is not to be confused with its rival forecast predictor, Farmers’ Almanac, is North America’s oldest continuously published periodical, according to its website.