Don't Trust the Farmer's Almanac for Weather Predictions

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It might be right 50 percent of the time, but it's not real science.

The Old Farmer's Almanac is predicting a cold and snowy winter, and that prediction is predictably making its way around the internet. But there are two things you should know. First, the Old Farmer's Almanac is mostly full of crap. Second, there's a good chance it's right anyway.

As of 2019, the Old Farmer's Almanac says it uses a secret formula to predict the weather, a secret formula originally first created back in 1792. Here's how the book's own site explains the history: It's allegedly been updated since then, but there's no telling how scientific it actually is without actually seeing it. Apparently it at least takes the sun's activity into account.

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