What the 2016 Farmer's Almanac says about East End Weather

Let’s face it most of us can’t wait for spring and summer to arrive! Since I sail a lot I was wondering what kind of weather we will have this spring and summer, so I researched the Farmers Almanac. I remember pre-internet when I would buy one at the checkout of the supermarket. I loved the old time printing style that goes back to Ben Franklin days in this country. Here is what the Farmer's Almanac says about the east end of Long Island.

“April and May will be slightly cooler than normal, with rainfall generally below normal.

Summer will be hotter and rainier than normal, with the hottest periods in late June, mid-July, and early and late August. The greatest tropical storm and hurricane threat is from early August to mid-September.

September and October will be much warmer than normal, with above-normal rainfall.”

In case you are wondering this is what the forecast for March

was/is.

“MARCH 2016: temperature 42° (2° below avg.); precipitation 3" (1" below avg.); Mar 1-3: Sunny, cold; Mar 4-9: Snow, then showers north; a few showers south; turning mild; Mar 10-16: Occasional rain and wet snow, chilly; Mar 17-19: Sunny north, snow south; cold; Mar 20-25: Sunny, mild; Mar 26-29: Showers, turning cool; Mar 30-31: Heavy rain coast, wet snow inland.

APRIL 2016: temperature 51° (1° below avg.); precipitation 1.5" (2" below avg.); Apr 1-6: Sunny, turning warm; Apr 7-14: Showers north, sunny south; warm, then cooler; Apr 15-23: A few showers north, sunny south; turning warm; Apr 24-30: Scattered showers, cool.”

So as you can see it’s not science, yet I look it up every year.