Summer 2021 Weather Forecast For Maryland: Farmers Almanac

MARYLAND — After a year spent cooped up, folks are getting outdoors more and eager to travel this summer. The Farmers' Almanac has released its much anticipated 2021 summer forecast, and the weather for Maryland is predicted to be stormy and sizzling from mid-summer to late in the season.

The Farmer's Almanac, created in 1818, is predicting Maryland can expect "showery and sizzling" weather in mid-summer. What does that description mean?

Officially, summer starts on June 20, so there's plenty of time to see what sort of weather patterns set in.

The Farmers' Almanac predicts that summer temperatures will rise above normal for about two-thirds of the country, especially in the South and East. Typically, the hottest summer weather occurs in last July or early August; this year's hottest temperatures could linger into late August and early September.

The potential for severe storms will be higher than usual, as well.

"There will be a greater-than-average frequency of thunderstorms for a large portion of the country," Almanac editor Peter Geiger said in a news release. "Many of these storms could prove to be quite strong, particularly over the eastern third of the nation."

While summer thunderstorms are common, the higher number of storms predicted is unusual.

As for tropical activity, Farmers' Almanac is forecasting a hurricane threat for Florida during the first week of August. That system is expected to weaken as it tracks north, mostly just inland from the coast in the days that follow. Another hurricane threat is expected in the final days of August near the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast.

A hurricane could provide south Florida with a glancing blow during the second week of October, Farmers' Almanac predicts.

See the complete Farmers' Almanac forecast here.

RELATED: 'Average' 2021 Atlantic Hurricane Season Means More Storms: NOAA

Two groups of scientists also released their hurricane season forecasts this week and they call for fewer storms than last year's record, but a still active season from June 1 to Nov. 30.

The East Coast should experience an average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center predicts. But, the climate record of the last 30 years has shown more storms were produced, thus upping what is considered an average count starting this year.

An average season has 14 named storms, seven hurricanes, and three major hurricanes — an increase of from the past, NOAA's team said Friday.

The 2020 hurricane season brought 30 named storms.

Colorado State University hurricane researchers on Thursday predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2021, citing the likely absence of El Niño as a main factor.

The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project team predicts 17 named storms during the Atlantic hurricane season. Of those, researchers expect eight to become hurricanes and four to reach major hurricane strength (Saffir/Simpson category 3-4-5) with sustained winds of 111 miles per hour or more.

How Are The Almanac's Predictions Made?

The editors of the Farmers’ Almanac firmly deny using any type of computer satellite tracking equipment, weather lore, or groundhogs. The publication says it follows a reliable set of rules developed in 1818 by David Young, the Almanac’s first editor.

These rules have been altered slightly and turned into a formula that is both mathematical and astronomical.

The formula takes into consideration things like sunspot activity, tidal action of the moon, the position of the planets, and a variety of other factors. The only person who knows the exact formula is the Farmers’ Almanac weather prognosticator.