Farmer’s Almanac predicts ‘significant snows’ in Central Texas this winter
It’s going to be a chilly one, but will we see another February 2021.
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The Farmers’ Almanac, a historic U.S. periodical that has been publishing for over 200 years, says that Texas can expect normal precipitation during a “chilly” winter in Texas in its recently released Extended Winter Weather Forecast for 2022-23. The question on every Texan’s mind after February 2021’s winter storm: will it be as bad?
The Farmers’ Almanac predicts snow will hit parts of Texas in late December, but the true cold conditions will hit in January’s second week when “heavy snow” will hit North Texas. It will then get “much colder” into the fourth week of January where Central Texas can expect “significant snows.”
The mention of snow is enough to make Texans worry after the 2021 winter storm left thousands without power and water in San Antonio and Texas. It also called to attention to Texas’ vulnerable power grid.
But Sandi Duncan, managing editor of the Farmers’ Almanac, says they don’t expect things to be as bad as it was then.
“The things that do concern us is the very cold conditions that we’re calling for,” Duncan says. “So unfortunately, that cold mixes with any precipitation you could be getting some ice and snow.”
However, Duncan says, the Almanac sees most of that occurring in North Texas rather than Central Texas. The Almanac’s accuracy is sitting around 80 to 85% at the moment. It did predict a summer with “boiling heat.”
