(WBNG Binghamton) The unofficial end to summer is only a few days away.
While it's been a relatively warm or just plain hot season, could winterl be all the more chilling?
Action News Reporter Leigh Dana takes a look at one early prediction.
The summer of 2010 is described by many with one three letter word.
"It's too hot lately," said Justin Dougherty of Binghamton.
"It's been very hot," said Deanna Grannis of Binghamton
"It was really hot," said a teen coming out of the Oakdale Mall.
In fact, all three summer months: June, July and August were above normal in temperature.
There was only one heat wave.
If you remember, the 4th of July holiday was a scorcher.
"Was it too hot for you? "Occasionally. A lot of bright sunshine at times." "Could you complain about it?" "Yea I could complain," said Brian Bayr from Mansfield.
The Farmer's Almanac for 2011 predicts that Old Man Winter will exhibit a split personality.
The eastern third of the country, which includes the Twin Tiers, will experience colder than normal temperatures.
It calls it the equivalent of a "cold slap in the face."
"I believe it's going to be a little colder this year. Because we had such a nice hot and humid summer," said Grannis.
That's not necessarily the case according to Mark Wysocki, a climatologist at Cornell University in Ithaca.
"We've actually looked at that here at the climate center. We tried to see what kind of summer's we had and see if they actually predict what type of winter. And there is no skill," said Wysocki.
He adds that it may be still a little too early to tell how cold it will get.
Some folks believe the Farmer's Almanac will be right on target.
"I'll follow it. I think it's going to happen again. They've been on before, they'll be on again," said Bayr.
Leigh Dana, WBNG TV Action News.
All things considered, the Farmer's Almanac predicts it will be a "kinder and gentler" winter compared to last year.
As for the worst winter weather city in the US, it rates Syracuse as number one on that list, followed by Duluth, Casper, Cleveland and Detroit.
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