
Farmer’s Almanac Spring Forecast Says Illinois Will Get Drenched
If you think weather is hard to predict looking just a few days ahead, you should try to do it one more season ahead. Farmer's Almanac is famous for long-range forecasting and they've just predicted that Illinois will get drenched once Spring arrives.
Since we're more than 2 months away from the official start of Spring in late March, this new Spring Weather 2025 Prediction from Farmer's Almanac is ambitious. What I find even more interesting is their outlook for Illinois is wildly different from Missouri and last time I checked, both states are still next to each other only separated by the Mississippi River.
How does Farmer's Almanac come up with their long-range forecasts?
I'll let them speak for themselves. They say the following:
"We use three forecasting disciplines: solar science, climatology, and meteorology."
What does Farmer's Almanac say about Spring 2025 for Illinois?
Illinois is in an interesting place in the Farmer's Almanac world. Technically, it's in 3 different regions with parts of Illinois in regions 6 and 7, but one western sliver in region 10. While I'd recommend reading all of the details of what they had to say, I can summarize in one sentence:
Get an umbrella because Illinois is going to see a lot of Spring rain.
Above-average precipitation is implied in 2 of the 3 regions that affect Illinois and that also agrees with what the NOAA Climate Prediction Center also said about Spring in the Land of Lincoln.
Let's agree that any forecast this far out is going to be a shot in the dark. I don't doubt there's some real science involved in the Farmer's Almanac prediction, but many weather patterns that will directly impact Spring weather haven't even developed yet. Still, I'd make sure I knew where my umbrella was at though.
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