The Lehigh Valley, already under drought conditions, could have another dry summer ahead, if the Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac\u2019s predictions are correct.<\/p>\n
The New Hampshire-based publication, which has predicted forecasts for more than 200 years, said in its summer forecast<\/a> that most of the country is in for a hotter than normal season.<\/p>\n Most of the Lehigh Valley is included in what the publication calls the Appalachians region, which follows the mountain system and covers most of Pennsylvania as well. That region is expected to have a cool, dry summer, the publication predicts.<\/p>\n The eastern part of the of the Lehigh Valley, including Easton, is considered part of the Atlantic Corridor region, which covers Philadelphia and some areas north of it. The region stretches from Richmond, Virginia, through Washington D.C., Baltimore, Atlantic City, New York and Boston. The publication said that region will have a warm and dry summer, according to the report.<\/p>\n The almanac predicts there will be tropical storms in late June and mid-August in the Atlantic Corridor, and a tropical depression in late June in the Appalachians region. The publication claims the warmest conditions will be in mid- to late summer, which is common, though it noted that this year will be hotter than average for that time of year.<\/p>\n The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts that all of Pennsylvania could have above normal heat through the months of June, July and August. Rainfall is expected to be normal during that time, as well.<\/p>\n Rainfall was below normal for those months last year in the Lehigh Valley, however it was not under any drought conditions during that time, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. A near record-high rainfall during May brought the region out of drought conditions ahead of the summer.<\/a> Nearly 10.5 inches of rain fell that month.<\/p>\n The Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac claims its predictions, which are based on solar science, climatology and meteorology, are 80% accurate. Its competition, Maine-based Farmers\u2019 Almanac<\/a>, has not released its summer outlook yet. Both have been derided by professional meteorologists<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Lehigh Valley, already under drought conditions, could have another dry summer ahead, if the Old Farmer\u2019s Almanac\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":178292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,182,139,432,1133],"class_list":["post-178291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-top-stories-tmc","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/178292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}