After a slew of rainy weekends this summer, it looks like New England is gearing up for a cool, dry fall, according to a new report from The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
The publication, which launched in 1792 in Dublin, New Hampshire, released its 2025 fall forecast earlier this month. While the country-wide forecast indicates a warmer than average season, the Northeast section of the report foresees “cooler and drier conditions than usual.”
Local temperatures will be two to three degrees cooler than average, the report states, predicting a September average of 59 degrees and an October average of 46 degrees. Estimated rainfall for the region is 3.5 inches in September, and 2.5 inches in October.
“Look for scattered showers, brief warm spells, and overall chilly weather,” the report states.
Other parts of the county that will see a cooler than average season include the Appalachians, the Lower Lakes, the Ohio Valley, the upper Midwest, the desert Southwest, and Hawaii.
These predictions are based on the publication’s longstanding method of combining solar science, climatology, and meteorology, and yield results that “are often very close to our traditional claim of 80 percent [accurate],” the almanac’s website states.
A separate fall foliage report from the publication also states that most of New England will be “at or near peak fall color” by October 11.
View the nationwide report for this fall here.
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