Sunday’s 93-degree high tied the 1972 heat record, indicating that summer is coming. And the annual release of The Old Farmer’s Almanac’s summer forecast suggests that the broiling warm temperatures are already en route.
Now, before you roll your eyes and call us kooky for subscribing to the Almanac, may we present last winter’s forecast to you? Last fall, The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicted a mild, dry winter peppered with some chillier periods. We saw a flurry or two here in North Texas, but nothing out of line from that forecast.
Besides, our meager snowmen looked insignificant compared to the historic 10 inches of snow New Orleans recorded shortly before the Super Bowl. (The Old Farmer’s Almanac, by the way, had predicted a wet winter for Louisiana.)
The point is, maybe there’s something to this stuff. At the very least, their planting calendar is worth checking out.
The first day of summer is officially June 20, and the forecast suggests that Texas is in for a brutal one, although the heat won’t hit immediately. The summer outlook for Texas and its bordering states is described as “sizzling and showery” this year, which sounds slightly better than the Deep South’s “brutally humid” or the Great Plains’ “scorching.”
"Sizzling and Showery," huh? We're not really sure what that means.
The Old Farmer's Almanac
The heat is expected to tick up by July and through August.
“Last summer, Americans endured one of the hottest summers on record,” the forecast states. “The summer of 2025 is shaping up to be just as intense.”
In Texas, temperatures are expected to be around four degrees warmer than usual through the later summer months, bringing dry conditions. So, if you followed that planting calendar we mentioned, you might want to make sure you’ve got a big watering can, too. For its part, the National Weather Service predicts that Texas has a serious chance to experience high than normal heart later this year.
If you’re already thinking about your 4th of July plans, you should know the weather-telling farmers are expecting some “big thunderstorms” to travel across Texas that weekend. Labor Day weekend, on the other hand, will bring clear skies.
Hurricanes, you ask? Early August is flagged as Texas’ most at-risk time. And if all of this has elicited a deep groan of discontent from you, remember, we’re just the messengers.
