{"id":2817,"date":"2016-08-15T19:12:51","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T19:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.woodpellets.com\/blog\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2016-10-12T21:02:29","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T21:02:29","slug":"farmers-almanac-2016-17-weather-predictions-are-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/15\/farmers-almanac-2016-17-weather-predictions-are-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers&#8217; Almanac 2016-17 Weather Predictions Are In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2818 alignnone\" style=\"line-height: 1.5;\" alt=\"Woodpellets.com\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/almanac.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/almanac.png 600w, https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/almanac-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\nShoveling snow wasn&#8217;t much of a bother last year, heating bills were much lower, and December was the warmest on record for the lower 48 states. The year ended pretty wet too &#8211; with 86 percent of the U.S experiencing above-normal precipitation. However according to the 2016-17 Farmers&#8217; Almanac, the nice reprieve we enjoyed last year is over&#8230;and\u00a0<strong>winter is making a big comeback.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2819\" alt=\"2017FarmerAlmanac\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2017FarmerAlmanac.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/>Predictions for this year include warnings of <strong>exceptionally cold, frigid weather<\/strong> which will predominate over parts of the Northern Plains, Great Lakes, Midwest, Ohio Valley, the Middle Atlantic, Northeast, and New England this winter.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe long-range weather predictions also forewarn of very cold weather spurts that could reach as far south as Florida and the Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Longtime readers claim the Farmers&#8217; Almanac prediction reports are about 80-85% accurate. Still have doubts? Take a look at their long list of accurate past predictions, <a title=\"Farmers' Almanac Past Predictions\" href=\"https:\/\/farmersalmanac.com\/on-the-money\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Have you ordered your wood pellets and\/or wood brick fuel yet? Call 1-800-PELLETS to speak to an expert, or shop online 24\/7!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Woodpellets.com Shop Online\" href=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1590\" alt=\"Shop Online at www.Woodpellets.com\" src=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Order_Now.png\" width=\"597\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Order_Now.png 597w, https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Order_Now-300x64.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shoveling snow wasn&#8217;t much of a bother last year, heating bills were much lower, and December was the warmest on record for the lower 48 states. The year ended pretty wet too &#8211; with 86 percent of the U.S experiencing above-normal precipitation. However according to the 2016-17 Farmers&#8217; Almanac, the nice reprieve we enjoyed last [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[113,110,210],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2817"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2845,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions\/2845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woodpellets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}