BALTIMORE, MD — Get ready for a wet, hot American summer, because it's coming to Maryland, according to one report. The Farmers' Almanac predicts that the region will experience warmer than normal temperatures this summer.

According to the publication's 200-year-old weather formula, summer 2018 will be warmer than normal for most of the country with much of the middle and western areas of the country seeing the hottest temperatures, especially in July. "The Southeast (which includes Maryland) will experience the triple Hs: hazy, hot, and humid conditions which may put a crimp in those traditional outdoor summer activities. Not until autumn will it be comfortable to truly enjoy activities outdoors in that area of the country," the almanac says. Only those in the Northwest, will see cooler-than-average summer temperatures.

(For more news like this, find your local Patch here. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app; download the free Patch Android app here.) Graphic courtesy of the Farmers' Almanac They're not the only ones. The National Weather Service and the Weather Channel recently released long-range forecast for the next three months, saying the start of May for Maryland should continue to be chillier than normal. But by June, expect things to warm up as normal.



Maryland and the rest of the Mid-Atlantic region can expect temperatures to be cooler or close to average through May. With June, though, comes warmth. Temperatures will be normal and even above average temperatures at that time, according to the Weather Channel's predictions. The Weather Service says that in June much of the East Coast will see temperatures that are near or slightly above average. Then in July there is the potential for a "big-time" heat in much of the West, but the Northeast will see temperatures that average or slightly above normal.

Of course, such predictions this far out are never 100 percent accurate. The Farmer's Almanac doesn't use satellite data or other methods to make its predictions, but rather a secret mathematical and astronomical formula based on things like the moon's pull on the atmosphere, for example.

The formula has only been altered slightly since it was first developed back in 1818 by the Almanac's first editor, David Young. "The formula takes things like sunspot activity, tidal action of the Moon, position of the planets, and a variety of other factors into consideration," according to the Almanac's website. "The only person who knows the exact formula is the Farmers' Almanac weather prognosticator who goes by the pseudonym of Caleb Weatherbee. To protect this proprietary and reliable formula, the editors of the Farmers' Almanac prefer to keep both Caleb's true identity and the formula a closely guarded brand secret."

