August 28, 20197 yr With the discussion of a grand solar minimum could this happen? Time will tell. (CNN)Freezing. Frigid. Frosty. That's what you can expect this winter if you're in the United States, according to the Farmers' Almanac. "[T]his winter will be filled with so many ups and downs on the thermometer, it may remind you of a 'Polar Coaster,'" its website says. The Farmers' Almanac provides 16 months of weather forecasts for seven zones across the US and Canada and has become a closely watched predictor of weather, particularly winter weather. While this forecast trends around this time every year, the more than 200-year-old almanac shouldn't be given too much weight on its own. "It's difficult enough to do a five-day forecast," Dave Hennen, senior meteorologist and executive producer for CNN Weather, said in 2016. "We're really good at the day of and the next day, (and) we're better at temperature a ways out than precipitation. But to forecast out that far in advance ... even the science behind our long-range forecasting is sometimes not that solid." Farmers' Almanac: Expect a 'Polar Coaster' and really cold temperatures this winter - CNN
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