How warm will New Year’s weekend be in State College? Here’s what forecasters say
The temperature may reach 50 degrees Fahrenheit in State College on New Year’s Day as the National Weather Service forecasts warmer days after extreme winter conditions rattled the commonwealth and much of the U.S. recently.
The NWS State College office wrote in a Dec. 27 tweet warmer temperatures are expected to arrive throughout the week.
Here’s what kind of weather to expect in State College for New Year’s weekend, with information from the NWS, AccuWeather and the Farmers’ Almanac.
New Year’s weather in State College
The NWS State College office anticipates showers on New Year’s Eve, with temperatures ranging from 39 to 46 degrees. Other highpoints of the forecast include:
60% chance of rain Saturday, and 70% chance of rain Saturday night. Temperatures from 39 to 46 degrees
50% chance of rain Sunday. Mostly cloudy, with temperatures ranging from 37 to 50 degrees.
AccuWeather’s forecast was more confident about State College’s chance of seeing rain New Year’s Eve as of Dec. 27. The weather site predicts a 99% chance of precipitation Saturday with cloudy, cooler conditions. Temperatures will likely range from 37 to 40 degrees Saturday, according to AccuWeather.
New Year’s Day has a 68% chance of rain, AccuWeather reports, and temperatures will range from 40 to 46 degrees in State College.
Farmers’ Almanac predictions
The Farmers’ Almanac has released New Year’s Eve weather predictions for locations across the U.S. and Canada. Pennsylvania is in the almanac’s “Zone 1,” along with New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C.
Zone 1’s almanac prediction reads: “Some snow changes to rain as we wish 2022 farewell.”
The almanac makes predictions based on a mysterious formula that considers factors such as planetary positioning, sunspot activity and tidal action of the moon.
“The only person who knows the exact formula is the Farmers’ Almanac weather prognosticator who goes by the pseudonym of Caleb Weatherbee,” the organization’s website says. “To protect this proprietary formula, the editors of the Farmers’ Almanac prefer to keep both Caleb’s true identity and the formula a closely guarded brand secret.”
