Farmers' Almanac predicts rainy spring and hot summer in Erie. What to expect on Easter

For 2025, the Farmers' Almanac is calling for some interesting forecasts in the Erie area.
In the Farmers' Almanac, Erie falls under the Northeast/New England forecast area region which covers Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Washington D.C.
In this region, the almanac is calling for pleasant weather for both Patriot's Day on April 15 and Easter on April 20.
For Memorial Day on May 26, the almanac is calling for some pleasant then breezy weather with showers hopefully holding off until later that week.
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In the Northeast/New England area, the almanac is predicting a 'thunder and zing spring.'
Just like groundhog Punxsutawney Phil predicted, the almanac says that this spring will take it's time arriving which will allow winter to linger especially across the Midwest, Great Lakes, New England and northeast regions.
This spring, the almanac says you can expect plenty of showers and thunderstorms for most of the areas.
Most areas across the United States are predicted to see a cool and stormy season.
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In the Northeast/New England region, the almanac predicts that the rest of March will be 'fair and unsettled' followed by some clearing weather around March 28 through March 31.
For the rain forecast, the almanac says that May-June will see a 33-44% probability of rain.
For the month of April, the Farmers' Almanac calls for a mix of fair skies, unseasonably warm weather, cold rain, sleet, wet snow and breezy conditions. In other words, expect a normal April for Erie.
April 1-3: Fair skies, unseasonably warm.
April 4-7: Cold rain, sleet and wet snow.
April 8-11: Clearing weather, breezy.
April 12-15: Fair skies.
April 16-19: Thunderstorms, some with heavy rain followed by fair and pleasant weather.
April 20-23: Pleasant weather.
April 24-30: Heavy and wet snow followed by fair and sunny weather.
The first official day of summer begins on June 20. The Old Farmers' Almanac says that this summer will be 'warmer than normal with rain above average.'
The hottest periods are predicted to be in mid-June, early-to-mid July and then early August.
For rain probability, the months of July through November are predicted to have equal chances of precipitation.
Find more predictions on the Farmers' Almanac's website.
Contact Nicholas Sorensen at Nsorensen@gannett.com.
This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Farmers' Almanac offers weather forecast for Erie's Easter, summer

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