One of the oldest publications around is back again for 2009.
The 2009 edition of the Old Farmers Almanac was released back on September 9th.
Appearing with John Divinski on Soundingboard Canadian Spokesperson Jack Burnett says the almanac predicts the weather based on three principals developed by Robert B. Thomas.
He says those three principals are meteorology such as local atmospheric conditions, climatology or long-term trends, and solar radiation.
One of the features of the almanac is the little hole on the top left corner of the book.
Burnett says they were considering eliminating that feature because it costs 70 thousand dollars to punch the holes into the book.
But he says they have been getting some flack from people after asking them about the idea.
Burnett says the almanac is 70 percent accurate which is down from 80 percent in previous years.
He says every year they go over the 14 thousand factoids to see how well they have done.
He says while their accuracy has fallen recently, they have not changed their approach.
Burnett feels global warming is not a factor in the decline in the almanac’s accuracy.
In fact, he predicts that the earth will be in a cooling cycle over the next 15 to 20 years because much of the earth’s temperatures are due to solar radiation.
