SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) — The Old Farmer’s Almanac is predicting a winter of contrasts across the Northeast, with warmer-than-normal temperatures in the north and colder conditions with above-normal snowfall farther south.
Almanac predicts cold and snow
The almanac’s outlook includes western Massachusetts in the area that could see a cold and snowy season. It identifies early and mid-January as the coldest periods with several potential snowier stretches from December through March.
The almanac also predicts the coldest and snowiest periods could begin in mid- to late December, extending from central Massachusetts through western Massachusetts, south through the Appalachians, and into the Ohio Valley.
Chicopee farmer Bill McKinstry said he would be happy to see that forecast, but he no longer reads the almanac much…